A Is for Apple, C Is for Cider ; Food Critic Richard Mccomb Raises a Glass or Two to the Bittersweet Delights of Artisan Cider-Making
Birmingham Post › October 14, 2010
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There are times when the appreciation of a particular food or drink hits you like a thunderbolt.
It's a quasi-spiritual moment, as if an impenetrable fog bank has been breached and there, before your own eyes, nasal receptors and tastebuds is revealed the essential truth of the matter.See the full content of this document
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A Is for Apple, C Is for Cider ; Food Critic Richard Mccomb Raises a Glass or Two to the Bittersweet Delights of Artisan Cider-Making
It took an apple falling on his head to persuade Isaac Newton about gravity, and the same fruit - more specifically its juice - plays a central role in my own conversion.
I am in a cool, beamed cellar, lined with great wooden casks recycled from the wine, rum and whisky trade, inhaling a sweet, musty scent. Old bottles line the walls. After several decades of not really getting it, I get it entirely: the beauty of cider.Mike Johnson is taking me through a DIY blending tutorial at Ross- on-W...See the full content of this document
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