It’s true, Craft Brewing Business‘s focus is set squarely on craft beer, but we’re human! Our eyes wander. It’s only natural to take a look at the other exciting developments in the wide beverage world. We’ve detailed the growing trend of craft spirits and even touched on the cider explosion (complete with our favorite apples-related reference). Now, homebrewers, those readers who are the commercial craft brewers of tomorrow, can try their hands at crafting a hard cider thanks to Northern Brewer’s brand-new Crooked Apple Hard Cider. These orchard-fresh, 100-percent apple juice recipe kits leave out added sugar or corn syrup to generate a pure hard cider with a 6-percent ABV.
For beginners
The Grimhilde — Crooked Apple Small Batch Hard Cider Recipe Kit is the first of its kind and has everything a beginner would need to start making cider at home. Pure and powerful, Grimhilde is the first all-juice hard cider recipe kit.
For advanced brewers
The Crooked Apple Hard Cider Starter Kit includes the most complete hard cider-making kit on the market that includes the highest quality equipment and ingredients,and is designed by nationally award-winning home cider makers.
According to Northern Brewer, these kits are the only “purist” option and include instruction DVDs, as well as comprehensive instructions making it easier than any other starter kit out there.
Northern Brewer squeezes out a new hard cider homebrew http://t.co/IuhYQDdcBp via @craftbrewingbiz