Black Rock Cider kit
Cider mix
1kg white sugar
23L Petone Aquifer water
Black Rock cider yeast
Starting Specific Gravity = 1030
I have always like the idea of making cider (and to a slightly lesser extent wine) almost as much as that of making beer. When I was homebrewing in the '90s though, I don't remember there being any cider kits about. And wine making seemed like a lot more work than beer, so I stuck to beer :)
I have tried my hand occasionally at making cider directly from apples (radical I know) but it never seemed to work out well. Either it turned out so energetic that opening a bottle was as likely to end up washing the ceiling as with cider in you glass, or on one nasty occasion turn out to be slightly poisonous.
Now however, there are some more choices available. Black Rock have a cider kit, and Lynne bought me one to try my hand at. Given that she doesn't even like cider, this was a Nice Thing for her to do. I am very lucky with my choice of wife :)
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