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174: Beginner Cider Making Q & A | Part 1

48 min • 3 april 2019

A Question and Answer (Q & A) on Beginner Cider Making

with 5 panelists in the cider industry

(ltor), Marcus Robert, Trey Godfrey, Eleanor Leger, Brent Myles, Ben Calvi.[/caption]

Pre-recorded at CiderCon2019 in Chicago

This is Part 1 or a 2 Part series on Beginner Cider Making questions answered by cider industry pros.

Q & A topics:

“Fermented fruit juice of apples” says Eleanor Leger

“You are going to learn to make cider, but to be able to sell it…” Marcus Robert

Breweries getting into cider
Managing residual sugar in the bottle for packaging.
- - a huge range of answers on this topic
Can you use sulfites?
The challenge for small cidermakers
The down fall of Potassium Sorbate in the natural market
Contract Fermenting to test product
Ice Cider - “if I use a freezer am I cheating?”
- Stabilizing an ice cider
- Yeast strain for ice ciders
Cryo concentration
- Is using a freezer considered cheating
  - In the US you can not label it as Ice Cider - it can be called "Iced Cider".