American Cider

Not just a thorough guide to the history of apples and cider in this country but also an inspiring survey of the orchardists and cidermakers devoting their lives to sustainable agriculture through apples.Alice Waters Pucci and Cavallo are thorough and enthusiastic chroniclers who celebrate ciders pomologists and pioneers with infectious curiosity and passion.Bianca BoskerNew York Timesbestselling author ofCork Dork Cider today runs the gamut from sweet to dry smooth to funky made from apples and sometimes joined by other fruitsand even hopped like beer. In American Cider aficionados Dan Pucci and Craig Cavallo give a new wave of consumers the tools to taste talk about and choose their ciders along with stories of the many local heroes saving apple culture and producing new varieties. Like wine made from well-known grapes ciders differ based on the apples theyre made from and where and how those apples were grown. Combining the tasting tools of wine and beer the authors illuminate the possibilities of this light flavorful naturally gluten-free beverage.And cider is more than just its tasteits also historic as the nations first popular alcoholic beverage made from apples brought across the Atlantic from England. Pucci and Cavallo use a region-by-region approach to illustrate how cider and the apples that make it came to be from the well-known tale of Johnny Appleseedwhich isnt quite what we thoughtto the more surprising effects of industrial development and government policies that benefited white men. American Cider is a guide to enjoying cider but even more so it is a guide to being part of a community of consumers farmers and fermenters making the nations oldest beverage its newest must-try drink.