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Index
Cover
Title
Dedication
Copyright
Contents
Cider Basics: Don’t Call It Hard
Why Apples?
The Holy Trinity: Acid, Tannin, and Sweetness
Acidity
Tannins
Sweetness
Further Layers
Effervescence
Fullness
Alcohol
The Subtle Qualities
Aromatics
Fruitiness
Funkiness
Spice/Phenols
Herbs & Flowers
Caramel/Butterscotch
Flavor Wheels of Three Ciders
Reading a Label: The Taxonomy of Cider
Cider by National Tradition
England
France
Spain
Cider by Sweetness
Natural Cider
Cider’s Close Kin
Perry
Pears Become Perry, Not Cider
Brandy/Calvados
Pommeau
Ice Cider
When Cider Is Not Cider
Chapter 1 A Is for Apple
Almaty: “Father of Apples”
Heterozygosity
Applesauce into Juice
They Don’t Last Forever
The Cider Coasts
Chapter 2 Sweating, Grinding, and Fermenting
Type of Fruit
Sharp
Bittersharp
Bittersweet
Sweet
Type and Length of Fermentation
Whole Fruit or “Chaptalization”
Back-Sweetening
Flavor Enhancers
Cider Making at a Glance
Chapter 3 Proper English Cider
Traditional English Cider
The Industrialization of Cider Making
Small Farms Make Great Cider
English Cider and Perry
The Harvest
English Apples
The Press
Wassail
Fermentation
Scrumpy
Perry
Finished Cider
Chapter 4 Cider Under Cork
Cidre Bouché of France
Asbestos Sack Filter
Terroir
French Cider
The Art of Défécation (Keeving)
The Cider of Brittany
Gravity Readings
Cider Under Cork
Disgorgement
En Français
Calvados and Pommeau
How to Taste Calvados
Chapter 5 Breaking the Cider
Gernika
Celebration of Cider: Txotx Season
Tart Spanish Ciders
Spanish Cider
Breaking the Cider
Throwing the Cider
Basque Cider Making
The Riddle of the Sour
Asturian Cider
Chapter 6 The American Cider Renaissance
Orchard Not Necessary
Why Cider Vanished
The Three Schools of American Cider
The Traditionalists
Production
The Modernists
Production
The Experimentalists
Hopped Cider
Production
The Sound of History Rhyming
Chapter 7 Winter Harvest in Quebec
Quebec’s Cidre de Glace
“Cooked” by Freezing
Refrigeration Prohibited
Sources
Books
Articles
Website
Tours and Interviews
England
France
Quebec
Spain
United States
Acknowledgments
Index
Chronicle Ebooks
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