Do you dream of sipping a cool, crisp, bubbly, and refreshing homemade hard cider with your friends and loved ones? Take this class and learn the art and science of making hard cider at home. Topics covered include: choosing apples, pressing apples, sanitation, different ways to ferment apple juice, monitoring fermentation, bottling, and tasting cider. Participants will leave class with a small batch of cider to ferment at home. Must be 21 years of age or older.
Instructor bio:
Bjorn Bergman is passionate about growing food, saving seeds, and eating seasonally. Each growing season, he and his family keep a large garden and love spending time preserving the harvest by drying, canning, freezing, and fermenting. Beyond the garden and kitchen, Bjorn dabbles in a little bit of this and that including mountain biking, juggling, spoon carving, cidermaking, and birdwatching. He lives in Viroqua, Wisconsin with his wife Heidi and son Ardea.
Date: Saturday, September 23
Time: 1-4:30pm
Ages: 21+
Location: Viroqua WI
Materials Fee: $25
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Supporter Level Ticket: $65
Sustainer Level Ticket: $50
Supported Level Ticket: $35