No wonder it's cold, it's December already. And along with the
beginning of a new month comes the first of a series of regular monthly
newsletters. Our previous missives have been a bit ad-hoc, so we're trying
to be "all adult" and disciplined about it. So as long as we can see through
the cidery haze, we'll try to get a newsletter out somewhere near the
beginning of each month.
How about cider at Christmas?
It's already that festive season once again. And mulled cider makes a
wonderful alternative to mulled wine, especially in these credit-crunchy
times. And on the website you'll find our prominently
labelled recipes section, with all sorts of interesting cider-based recipes,
one of which is our mulled cider recipe, which has a couple of unusual
twists about it. Of course, it goes best with a traditional artisan
cider product.
With litle fanfare, we've launched our cider blog, as you might have
figured out if you followed the link above. On it we plan to post all
sorts of
interesting titbits about cider production and consumption. You can also add
your comments. Among the gems we've added so far you can find out about the
"Champagne" method of wine production being invented in the West Country
(true!) and what the benefits are of putting cider vinegar on your scalp
(there are some!) as well as a map of where to find all the cider producers
we know about in the UK
New cider almost ready
Almost the best thing about December is that the new cider is almost ready!
Well I say "almost", traditionally the new cider is not drunk until Wassail,
which is when we sing to the cider apple trees to encourage a good harvest
for the coming year, in early January. But for now it's just sitting there,
fermenting, all ready to become a new batch of magic golden juice to keep us
all happy for another year.
