By blending apples with different characteristics, cideries craft juice with the sweetness, acidity and tannins required to produce a great hard cider. Developed through the blending of the Golden Delicious apple and Jonathan apple, … February 7, 2018 / in Craft Cider / by Jeffco Ciderworks This year was our first year we harvested and pressed 100% of our own orchards apples.

Introduction This presentation will hopefully summarize the experience I have gained on the subject of blending in over 20 years of cider making. Cider apple orchards across the United States were ... and this is the excitement and the mystery of artisanal ciders. WARNING: The material presented here will sometimes differ from the accepted (or the “By the book”) way of blending and making cider. Apple blending for cider By Claude Jolicoeur . We love going to local farmer's markets and finding new apples to experiment with in our Hard Cider Kit - nothing is more thrilling than finding a new varietal that could elevate our next batch. We have an estate blend of the wide range of heirloom and bittersweet cider apples. The same blending of elements should be applied to pie making." Cider: Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider, by Proulx and Nichols–a good introductory text which covers cider history, cidermaking, and cider apples The Apple Grower , by Michael Philips–an organic apple orcharding manual including site preparation, soil, pest management, and more.