Boring Apples. Not Cider Apples.
Everyone loves to discuss their brewing successes, but few discuss their failures. This is a tale of adventure, hope, dismay and in the end failure. Not sure if anything will come of this, but it is a cathartic closure to this particular brew that might help me ‘harden up’ and get back on the horse of homebrew.
I had bigs hopes for this cider, though it was a spur of the moment kinda brew. We set out with the best of intentions. It was end of season, and the Mrs (Urban_Nanna) was making Pomodoro Sauce from end of season tomatoes from the Preston Markets. Getting into the swing of the slow food thing, I grabbed a couple of palettes of Apples from the markets. Read the rest of this entry »