Laughing Crow Cider company

Sadly, since I elected to not sulfide my recent pressing, the wild yeast and bacteria overpowered the yeast I added. The cider is funky and undrinkable. On to the next batch.

Small batch cider on its way very soon. Apple, pomegranate and cranberry.

A little unexpected downtime allowed me to juice a bounty of pomegranates and blend a pomegranate cider from last year's second press.

Hi all. I know it's been a while. But I've been busy. I the last year and a half I have been perfecting my craft and doing some experimentation. Take a look at the photos and see what I'm up to. I built a cider press and put apples, pears, and pomegranates through it. The last few photos show something I am rather happy with how they turned out. Introducing Laughing Crow's Blackbird and Bluebird ciders. Made with Blackberries and Blueberries respectively.

I was given access to an urban orchard, so I picked untill I ran out of room to carry. Now to turn these into cider.

Holy bees Batman! It's MEAD!

The GBP is now large enough to do 2 gallon batches. Now, where to get blood orange juice by the liter....

If I ever claim to be thirsty ,or sober, I am probably making it up.

Blood Orange ginger beer is done. Batch #7 in Fermenter. It's a good night for porch drinking, I mean taste testing.

For the past couple of weeks I have been working with a SCOBY called a Ginger Beer Plant. It makes a slightly alcoholic beverage (2-5%abv) that is a pleasure to drink and also mixes well with a nice dry cider. I have been rather gentle with it as it has been recovering from storage and growing. Tonight I decided to experiment. Instead of lemon juice, I used blood orange juice. The color is amazing. I can't wait to try the final product.

An interesting read.