January 29, 2022

Category: Cyser

A pile of apples, each different from the other

Hard Cider Apples

Beauty In Beer, Brewing Articles & Threads, Cyser, Hard Cider |November 19, 2012 |by Elspeth |1

News flash for some folks: you can make apple juice from any apple, but you can’t make good hard cider – I mean the fermented stuff – from just anything. [..]

Marsden Hartley graphic "Handsome Drinks"

Books for Brewers: Basic List of Books of Modern How-To on Beer and Mead

Additives, Beauty In Beer, Beer, Braggot, Brew How-To: Basic Help, Brew Science, Brewing Articles & Threads, Brewing Recipes, Cyser, Elspeth's Favorites, Mead, Modern Brewing, Stuck Fermentation |June 21, 2012 |by Elspeth |1

This is my collection of books of modern how-to on beer and mead – all the books I currently have in my library plus a few.   There are even a [..]

Medieval book from Yale Law Library

Books for Brewers: Historical Primary Sources for Brewers

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Braggot, Brewing Recipes, Bygone Brewing, Cordials, Cyser, Mead, Non-Alcoholic historical beverages, Wine |June 21, 2012 |by Elspeth |6

Most recently updated October 21, 2017 I am chagrined each time I see someone online asking whether there are period sources.  You bet there are!  Here is a running list of [..]

carboy filled with golden liquid with lots of foam, layer of sediment and an airlock

My cyser needs a Daddy! Or Mommy. Name it! Bragging rights!

Beauty In Beer, Brewing Recipes, Cyser, Mead |April 6, 2012 |by Elspeth |2

What shall I call my very first cyser,  in primary this very morning?  I used a recipe that took a gold in last year’s AHA competition which sounded particularly appealing [..]