394: Cider Notes Heading Into 2024

It’s time to make your Cider Notes for 2024

The list of cider notes can be quiet long, but in this episode we are going to make it doable and easy for you.

In this Cider Chat on Cider Notes

• The Talking Pommes encourage Ria to slow down
• Sign up for the last cider tour heading out at CiderCon 2024
• French Cider Tour reservations
• Wassails
  • January 5th at the Botanist and Barrel, Cedar Grove North Carolina
  • January 28th Berkshire Cider Project at the Tourist in North Adams Massachusetts
    • Learn about Wassailing in Episode 393

Past Cider Making Episodes

• 381 DIY Cider Making for Beginners
• 382 Beginner Tips for Squeaky Clean Cider Equipment
• 384 Beginner Cider Making Tips forPrimary Fermentation 
• 386:  Managing Cider’s Secondary Fermentation – DIY Tips

Equipment needed for Cider’s Secondary Ferment

Find a complete list with links to purchase at the Cider Making Equipment page at ciderchat.com

• Extra Apple Juice to for topping off
• Secondary Fermenter – glass carboy of equal size
• Airlock and Bung
• Racking Cane or Auto-Siphon
• Sanitizer
• Hydrometer or Refractometer
• Tubing & a clothes pin ( a Ria tip to have on hand for clamping tubing as you go so it can be managed to insure that the tube doesn’t slip down into the lees and stir them up)
• Bottle Brush and Cleaning Equipment

Mentions in this Cider Chat

• 363: Exploring Cider Using 33 Books Flavor Wheel
• Sean Connolly Cider Experience
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