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Adding berries to your cider

Adding berries to cider batches works very well to add flavour and colour.  So far our experience is that raspberry has a strong and long lasting flavour and the colour is a ruby pink blush.  The softness of the raspberry helps take the edge off the cider.  We just juice the berries at the same [...]

Tasting the honey cider

I finally found the first batch of honey cider (or cyzer as it is called) and decided it was worth a taste.  Everyone seems to like it but I can’t get a scent of the honey I put into the first juice all those months ago.  I think the yeast must have feasted on the [...]

The finished article – Sussex sparkling cider finally ready

Well here she is.  The finished product.  The result of months of hard work from millions of yeast cells.   I’ll get a picture up of a glass of the stuff when the time is right.  I’m posting this at 9.30 in the morning and think it’s a little too early to crack open a bottle [...]