Episode notes
Tips on Crafting Apple Cider, Apple Propagation, and Apple Grafting. More detail than most books!
How did the Sept. Regional Catholic Land Movement Conference go?
We deep dive on Mike's apple cider steps:
He ferments English bittersweet apples in oak barrels with natural yeast.
Barrel prep with a cold water rinse and cold water swell.
Fill the barrel to overflowing, with no headspace.
Natural cool fermentation < 55 degrees.
Rack into bottling tank. Cold weather crash the bottling tank. Then bottle in champagne bottles.
The use of recycled wine oak barrels - does it impart into the cider?
Apple cider vinegar - the end road result of failure.
Propagation and Grafting.
Growing apples r ...