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Normandy, Part 1: How They Do Things

Kevin09.2011Apple Wine, Apples, Cider, Cider Making, From the Cellar, Fruit from the Yard, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Vinegar7 Comments

I’m back. Not surprisingly, Normandy was quite the beautiful adventure. I was there to educate my palate, learn some methodology in cider and calvados production, and most importantly to glean from their centuries-old apple food culture. I live in a place of copious amounts of largely wasted urban apples, with a brand-newly emerging scene surrounding how to save them and … Read More

Apple Wine Vinegar Wrap Up

Kevin01.2011From the Cellar, Wine Vinegar13 Comments

I threw this out today. And not because if failed. A rare success story of home provisioning of food where the product just simply doesn’t bring enough to the table for me to bother. It looks gross, yes. Vinegar mothers tend to be proficient at that. Don’t believe me? Turns out the months it takes to make this – I … Read More

Apple Wine Vinegar Do-Over

Kevin07.2010Apples, Cider, From the Cellar, Fruit from the Yard, Wine, Wine VinegarLeave a Comment

Okay, I got impatient with cider vinegar attempt #1, and am moving on to attempt #2. Attempt 1 ended in a white sludgy deposit a the bottom, with no trace of anything positively vinegar related. This time, I’ve got some help. Bragg sells organic cider vinegar containing mother [says so right on the bottle]. Others have had good success with … Read More

Apple Cider Vinegar, Day 1

Kevin05.2010Apples, Cider Making, From the Cellar, From the Garden, Wine Vinegar1 Comment

One of the benefits of cider making [/winemaking] is the opportunity to produce high-quality, negligible cost and effort vinegar. The last batch of vinegar I made was apparently back in 2007, and I recall it being a painless process. Except for maybe the lingering smell. Now I have more space, so I can choose a more appropriate location for the … Read More