Ep. 99 – Deep Dive and Tips on Crafting Apple Cider – with Mike Thomas from Catholic Land Movement

Tips on Crafting Apple Cider, Apple Propagation, and Apple Grafting with Mike Thomas from Catholic Land Movement.

“I’m giving away all the tips and secrets of traditional cider making right now, as they were given to me.”
– Mike Thomas.

More detail than most books on cider!

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We deep dive on Mike’s apple cider steps:
- He ferments English bittersweet apples in oak barrels with natural yeast.
- Barrel prep with a cold water rinse and cold water swell.
- Fill the barrel to overflowing, with no headspace.
- Natural cool fermentation < 55 degrees.
- Rack into bottling tank. Cold weather crash the bottling tank. Then bottle in champagne bottles.
- Added pear for mild sweetness.
The use of recycled wine oak barrels – does it impart anything into the cider?
Apple cider vinegar – the end road result if failure.
Propagation and Grafting
- Growing apples rootstock from seed
- Grafting apples onto homegrown rootstock

mike-thomas-apple-cider — Apple cider in oak barrels

mike-thomas-apple-cider-glass — The ultimate result

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