Interesting, the alcohol content in the hard cider served at La Crêperie de Paris at Epcot is only 3%. Going to brew up a batch of some kind of hard cider here today, probably, and all the recipes seem to be double that. #alcohol#brewing#homebrew
sterilize everything
pasteurize apple juice, if necessary
add sugar/honey/sweetener depending on preference/amount of alcohol desired
ferment (primary only, or primary/secondary) at some temperature that is not hot
bottle
pasteurize to prevent a gory death by shattering bottle
"Portland Cider Company’s Original Gold Cider received the best-in-class trophy at the International Brewing and Cider Awards yesterday in London. This is the first time in the competition’s 136-year history that a U.S. cidery has won."