AnyBook4Less.com	Find the Best Price on the Web Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Home  |  Store List  |  FAQ  |  Contact Us  |
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money Keyword AuthorISBN

Title: Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own by Ben Watson ISBN: 0-88150-468-8 Publisher: Countryman Pr Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

Your Country USA Canada United Kingdom Australia Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Switzerland Currency AutoUSD CAD GBP EUR AUD CHF Delivery Only cheapest delivery All delivery options Include Used Books Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Good information, but you'll need more for hard cider
Comment: As far as selecting apples, and actually creating cider from them, this book is abount as detailed as it gets. The tables in in that describe US and EU apple types as well as their traits is worth the price alone.

However, if you're looking to make hard (alcoholic) cider the book only takes you half way. Anyone looking to do hard cider should buy a seperate homebrew book that goes into detail about the brew process. Combine it with the information from this book and you'll have some great hard cider.

Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome book!
Comment: This is a wonderful, inspiring book like few I have read recently. It opens a huge world that I never imagined existed. Cider isn't just the jugs in the grocery store and the 6-pack in the liquor store, its an important part of human and American history. The author has put a lot of time in researching this book, and is thick with fascinating information such as cider-only apple varieties, cider tasting terms, French vs English cider, etc etc etc.

The book does describe cider making, but that is not the main focus of the book. Still, any self-respecting cider maker should have a copy.

Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding for the apple grower too
Comment: Many of the books on cider making skim over the selection of apples, including English bittersweet and bittersharp varieties that are critical for outstanding cider production. Not Watson in this excellent book.

Several great lists of varieties and a good description of the cider apple classification methods is represented more clearly than I've found elsewhere.

A bit more clarification could have been given to the production process, as well as pressing details, but overall the book has been my favorite on the topic.

Similar Books:

	Title: Cider: Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider by Annie Proulx, Lew Nichols ISBN: 1580175201 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95
	Title: A.47 MAKING THE BEST APPLE CIDER by Bulletins, E. A. Prouxl ISBN: 0882662228 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $3.95
	Title: The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist (Chelsea Green's Master Grower Gardening Series) by Michael Phillips ISBN: 1890132047 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $35.00
	Title: The Compleat Meadmaker: Home Production of Honey Wine from Your First Batch to Award-Winning Fruit and Herb Variations by Ken Schramm ISBN: 0937381802 Publisher: Brewers Publications Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95
	Title: Apples by Roger Yepsen ISBN: 0393036901 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95