About Scheduling a Private Instruction

This is Lesson 7 of our home cidermaking lesson plan. Our private instruction lesson plans are instruction only.  They do not include beverage/food production on site or any beverage/food handling. 

Tannins, Oak and Other Enhancement Products

Approximate lesson time: 40-60 minutes

This Lesson 7 Plan Includes:

• Perform tasting with student – adding Tannin Riche and Stellar Tan to un-oaked cider
• The complex world of anthocyanin-tannin complexes and different tannin chain arrangements
• Tannin/Oak Products
  • Oak Formats - Chips, Cubes, Sticks, Staves, Powers, liquids
  • Oak Flavors – American vs French, toast levels
  • Practical Usage advice – timing, amounts in different cider types
  • Reducing Tannins through finings
• Discussion and tasting of a gum arabic addition
• Dry Hopping Cider