Best Apples for Cider · 1. 'Arkansas Black' · 2. 'Goldrush,' · 3. 'Grimes Golden' · 4. 'Harrison' · 5. 'Roxbury Russet' · 6. 'Winesap' 

Sharp-sweet apples are often referred to as American Heirlooms due to their historical ties to many of the colonial cider makers. New England favorites such as 

Eating apples can be useful additions to blended ciders and help bulk up production. Gravenstein, Granny Smith, Pink Lady and Sundowner are 

Seek out your local apple orchards to find varieties that grow especially well in your area, and create a special blend based on your county's best apples, and your own preferred flavors. Tricia explains in our cider-making video that a good blending starting point for new cider makers is 50% sweet, 35% sharp, and 15% bitter. SWEET Sugar!

There's no one apple that makes the best apple cider — the most flavor comes from blending sweet with tart and a little bit of bitter. We always start with Cripps Pink cv. for a hint of tart-sweetness, then mix and match some of our other favorites until we land on the perfect balance. See apple cider recipe

Some of the best cider apples initially taste terrible. They're nicknamed "spitters" for their acerbic flavor—a quality that mellows and results in delicious drinking. Most sweet, edible apples such as Honeycrisp lose all their sugar (and flavor) in the fermentation process. A handful of cider apples still make for good eating—or, if you're really ambitious

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Cox, Kidd's Orange Red, and russets such as Ashmead's Kernel and Egremont Russet are popular for sweet cider in England. In France sweet cider is made primarily with Golden Delicious apples.

Generally speaking, a full bittersweet is too tannic or bitter to be used to produce a single variety cider. In comparison, mild bittersweet apples are more appropriate for single variety ciders due to the lower level of tannin within. Some popular type of bittersweet apples include: Yarlington Mill Tremlett's Bitter Ashton Bitter Dabinett Sweets

Hello all, First off, we run a apple orchard with over 30 varieties. I have been a long time beer lover and want to start making cider bier. I would love to get something close to b-meadery zombie killer. What apples should I press that will work best in a cider beer? We have the usual very

4/26 · A blend of different apples seem to make the best cider. From what I have been reading, you want a mix of: 30-60% Neutral 10-20% Tart 10-20% Aromatic 5-20% Astringent These are then blended to suit your recipe and individual taste. Your hardiness zone will determine what varieties to plant for each category.