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Here's a short list of sites, books, and online books.
----Suzi Teghtmeyer
Agriculture, Forestry and Botany Librarian
Michigan State University

Apple Cider Vinegar

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8171.asp

(scroll down for instructions on making)

Apple Cider / Apple Jack

http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/applejack.htm

 

BOOKS - many  available new/used through Amazon.com 

Cider, hard and sweet : history, traditions, and making your own / Ben Watson.  Woodstock, Vt. ; New York, NY : Countryman Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c1999.

Cider : making, using & enjoying sweet & hard cider / Annie Proulx & Lew Nichols.  Pownal, Vt. : Storey Communications, 1997.

Making the best apple cider / by Annie Proulx. Pownal, Vt. : Storey Communications, Inc., c1980.

Making and preserving apple cider / [by James F. Robinson ... [et al.]. USDA Farmers' bulletin ; no. 2125

The art of cidermaking / by Paul Correnty.  Boulder, Colo. : Brewers Publications, c1995.

 

ONLINE BOOKS

Thomas, H. H. 1902. The book of the apple: together with chapters on the history and cookery of the apple, and on the preparation of cider.

http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&c=chla&cc=chla&sid=f40bc95914662204e6a70db4ae336d80&rgn=title&q1=cider&Submit=Search&cite1=&cite1restrict=title&cite2=&cite2restrict=title

 

Smock, Robert Mumford. 1950. Apples and apple products

http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple;c=chla;cc=chla;sid=f40bc95914662204e6a70db4ae336d80;rgn=full%20text;q1=cider%20apple;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=occur;start=1;size=25;didno=3055808

(Table of contents page XV lists the "Fermentation Products of Apples" including cider, Apple Wine, Apple Brandy, and Cider Vinegar, and provides directions

 

Cruess, W. V. 1918. Home and farm food preservation. Macmillan Co., New York.

http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple;c=hearth;cc=hearth;sid=1c94e6ffb8537c23c7013d1ed2c3da2a;rgn=full%20text;q1=vinegar%20recipe;view=toc;subview=short;sort=occur;start=1;size=25;idno=4387659

(Fruit vinegars, wines, sirups, etc.)

On 10/26/07, Scott Williamson < ScottW@acespower.com> wrote:

I was wondering if anybody can suggest some good books on making apple vinegar and cider both hard and sweet.