Cider
This page is about funky, sour, and spontaneously fermented ciders.
Contents
Introduction to Funky/Sour/Spontaneous Cider
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Talk about the introduction to fermenting cider with alternative microbes.
Malolactic Fermentation
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Talk about malolactic fermentation
Major Regions of Commercial Cider
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All regions produce cider both made spontaneously and with brewer's yeast only (as per Gareth Young).
Southern England
Normandy
Asturias
Basque
Methods
Using Saccharomyces and Brettanomyces Cofermentation
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Talk about using Sacch and Brett co-pitched, and Sacch pitched in primary and Brett pitched in secondary.
100% Brettanomyces
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Talk about using only Brettanomyces to ferment cider.
Mixed Cultures with Lactic Acid Bacteria
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Talk about using mixed cultures with Sacch, Brett, and lactic acid bacteria.
Spontaneous Fermentation
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Talk about using wild microbes found on the skins of apples to ferment cider.
Keeving
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http://www.cider.org.uk/keeving.html
Graff
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Should we discuss blending funky/sour beer and cider?