Jolicoeur - The new cider makers handbook : a comprehensive guide for craft producers

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Claude Jolicoeurs The New Cider Makers Handbook is an invaluable resource for the serious home cider maker. However, serious professionals will also find a lot of great reference material, especially the sections devoted to apple varieties.

Mike Beck , president, US Association of Cider Makers

This is the book so many craft cider makers have been waiting for: at once comprehensive, detailed, and authoritative. Planting an orchard? There are guidelines and suggestions. Need a mill or a press? There are plans and instructions. Trying to grasp the process, or to know how to measure? Its theresugar, acidity, pH, tannin, balance. Troubleshooting a problem? All the common shortcomings are covered. It really is orchard to bottle, with both guidance and technical background all along the way.

Dick Dunn , president, Rocky Mountain Cider Association

J. M. Trowbridge wrote the first Cider Makers Hand Book in 1890. This modern take on the apple fermenters art picks up the trail anew. Claude Jolicoeur makes exceptional cider doable for even a guy like me. Balancing the acids and sugars of righteous juice lies at the heart of the method. Pour your friends the nectar of the gods from here on in when next you pop a cork.

Michael Phillips , author of The Apple Grower and The Holistic Orchard

Based on Claude Jolicoeurs twenty-five years experience in craft cider making, The New Cider Makers Handbook combines the authors personal perspectives with solidly researched information from cider makers worldwide to create a manual that is both practical and inspirational. Some of the detail, for instance on press design, alcohol measurement, and naturally sweet and ice ciders, is simply unavailable elsewhere. The focus on North American apple varieties and conditions will be welcomed by many, but this book is invaluable to hobbyists and small commercial cider makers no matter where they live. A worthy addition to the modern cider literature.

Andrew Lea , food scientist and author of Craft Cider Making

We wish wed had this book when we were starting out. Cider making is an art, of course, but its also very much a science, and Claude shows he is among the leading experts in both aspects. The New Cider Makers Handbook is a practical, approachable, well-organized, extensively researched guide to cider making, from apple selection to pressing to fermentation and beyond. As experienced cider makers, we find it essential, but its excellent for beginners as well. As craft cider grows in popularity and stature throughout the United States and Canada, we expect Claudes book to become North Americas preeminent cider reference.

Scott Heath and Ellen Cavalli , co-owners,
Tilted Shed Ciderworks, Sonoma County, CA

Have you ever tasted a true farmhouse cider, full-bodied and richly flavored, or finished a meal with a sweet ice cider? Then you know the astonishing range of this once nearly forgotten drink. Whether youre a hobbyist interested in learning about fruit selection, or a commercial producer looking for better quality and consistency, this is your book. Claude Jolicoeur informs every page of his hands-on, comprehensive guide with twenty-five years of research and experience. For anyone who aspires to make the finest quality fermented cider, The New Cider Makers Handbook is as indispensable as an apple press.