Small Acres Cyder | July 20, 2023 | Central Western Daily
Small Acres Cyder's Sparkling Perry has won a gold medal in all-new competition, 2023 Japan Cider Cup.
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00:00 Sparkling Perry is a bit of a labour of love.
00:03 And part of that process of making it
00:05 is a method traditionnelle, so champagne method.
00:08 And part of that process is riddling the cider.
00:12 So you can see here we've been maturing some of the cider.
00:16 You can just see most of it has settled
00:19 into the top of the bottle,
00:20 but there's lots of yeast on the side of the bottle.
00:23 So we give it a bit of a spin.
00:28 And that just wisps up the cider from,
00:32 the yeast from the side of the bottle.
00:35 And then when we put it back down in the bin again,
00:39 we leave that alone for five or six days.
00:42 And we repeat that process about five or six times,
00:44 and that's how we get it.
00:46 And so you can see, here's another one.
00:49 You can see quite a lot on the side here.
00:51 And it's all about just helping gravity by wisping it up.
00:56 So you can see, lovely cloudy effect.
01:01 And so once that's done, then we,
01:03 once it's all fully settled, then we can disgorge it,
01:07 which means getting all that yeast back out again
01:08 and finishing it.
01:09 And then what we're aiming for is this perfect clarity.
01:13 So you can see on the sparkling peri,
01:15 there's just nothing left in there at all.
01:17 So it's a gorgeous, very light and delicate drink,
01:20 and there's nothing like it.
01:22 So we love it.
01:24 (laughing)
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