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Spiced Hard Apple Cider
Easy beginner hard cider made from preservative-free apple juice (citric acid is fine), sweetened with brown sugar, steeped with cinnamon, cloves and raisins, then fermented dry with champagne yeast. Perfect for fall and winter. Secondary and bottling durations not specified in source, estimated; final gravity check added for safety. Source: Grow Forage Cook Ferment, Homemade Hard Cider
Simple Perry
A simple traditional perry made from fermented pear juice, adjusted with cane sugar and tartaric acid and rested over winter to encourage malolactic softening. Depending on juice gravity it can be a strong traditional perry or a lighter, cider-like one. (durations not specified in source, estimated) Source: https://homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/perry-recipe-of-the-week-simple-perry/
Oaked Orange Blossom Show Mead
A simple traditional show mead made with raw, unheated orange blossom honey, staggered nutrient additions and Lalvin 71B-1122, finished with a short rest on oak cubes for a light vanilla note. Nutrient doses converted from 1 tsp per addition to grams; oak amount, sugar break timing and all durations not specified in source, estimated from the author's reported 7 to 8 week turnaround. Final gravity check added for safety, not in original source. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/kp3mb/comment/c2vv9p3/
