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175: Beginner Cider Making Q & A| Part 2

Apr 10, 2019

Part 2 of a two part series with a Question and Answer (Q & A) on Beginner Cider Making

with 5 panelists in the cider industry

Listen to Part 1 of this Q & A recorded at CiderCon2019 in episode 174

Beginner Cider Maker Panel Q & A (ltor), Marcus Robert, Tim Godfrey, Eleanor Leger, Brent Myles, Ben Calvi.

Topics covered in Part 2:

  • Plastic vs Stainless for fermenting or storing cider
  • Can you make money being a commercial maker?
  • What is the best cider style to offer - 3 to 4 core ciders or 8?
  • Where to locate a cidery
  • Take out a loan or go full into cidermaking?
    • - use Kickstarter
  • What is the most crucial piece of lab equipment to have starting out.
    • Hydrometer and Thermometer
    • Sending samples to a lab
    • PH meter
    • Titration kit
  • Filtration
  • Fermentation temperatures

beginner cider maker feature CiderCon2019 Michelle Pagano - at the microphone

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171: Americans in Paris | Cider Tourist Speak

172: Cider Tasting with Eric Bordelet

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