The Everything Hard Cider Book: All You Need to Know About Making Hard Cider at Home (Everything)

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Easy to brew, easy to customize, and enormously delicious! Looking for a crisp, clean, and scrumptious alternative to beer? On a gluten-free diet or allergic to the grains used in brewing beer? Want to experience the pride that comes when your friends crack open one of your bottles and exclaim, "You made this?" Then welcome to the world of hard cider. Suddenly it's everywhere--it's on the menu in pubs and restaurants, and there's a dizzying array of ciders available in stores. And some cider lovers, just like craft beer drinkers, are looking for ways to create their ow.;Introduction -- 1. A cider primer -- 2. Your first batch -- 3. The core ingredient -- 4. Additives, chemicals, and gear -- 5. Fermentation -- 6. Technical matters -- 7. Troubleshooting and adjusting -- 8. Packaging and carbonating your cider -- 9. Tasting and evaluating -- 10. Additional fun ingredients -- 11. Fruit and vegetable additions -- 12. Herb and spice additions -- 13. Cider from scratch -- 14. Other cider traditions -- 15. Experimental cider -- 16. Advanced cider techniques -- 17. Growing your own -- 18. Cider cocktails -- 19. Cooking with cider -- 20. What to ferment next -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Additional resources -- Appendix C. Useful processes, tables, and calculations -- Appendix D. Cider tracking sheet. Introduction -- 1. A cider primer -- 2. Your first batch -- 3. The core ingredient -- 4. Additives, chemicals, and gear -- 5. Fermentation -- 6. Technical matters -- 7. Troubleshooting and adjusting -- 8. Packaging and carbonating your cider -- 9. Tasting and evaluating -- 10. Additional fun ingredients -- 11. Fruit and vegetable additions -- 12. Herb and spice additions -- 13. Cider from scratch -- 14. Other cider traditions -- 15. Experimental cider -- 16. Advanced cider techniques -- 17. Growing your own -- 18. Cider cocktails -- 19. Cooking with cider -- 20. What to ferment next -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Additional resources -- Appendix C. Useful processes, tables, and calculations -- Appendix D. Cider tracking sheet.