CiderDays
Have you ever wanted to make your own apple cider, Road Trips Foodies? Schedule a stop at the 20th annual Franklin County CiderDays in western Massachusetts.
A Cidermaking 101 Workshop with Bob Delisle and Charlie Olchowski is set for 9 to 11 a.m. November 1, 2014, at Pine Hill Orchards. This is a hands-on, beginner’s cidermaking workshop. The fee covers instructions and materials for making your first batch of cider. Materials: plastic fermenter, five gallon glass carboy, bored stopper, airlock, six-foot syphon hose, 30-inch racking tube and bottle brush, plus sweet cider. You’ll leave the workshop with your first batch of hard cider well under way. Tickets are $85 per person.
CiderDays runs from October 31 through November 2, 2014, at the Shelburne Buckland Community Center, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Look for orchard tours, cidermaking and tastings. This year, to celebrate twenty years of CiderDays, there’ll be a special VIP tasting event of Western Massachusetts hard ciders October 31.
(Photo courtesy of CiderDays)
