Logbook, 33 Cider Pressings

Great Cider Starts with Great Apples
List the varieties you’ll be using, including their key stats: weight, sugar and acid content, when they were harvested, pulped and pressed. Do it yourself with a homemade cider press, or rent one from a homebrew store. If you’ve got access to great fresh juice from your local orchard, you can list it using the same format.

Next, record any treatments you make to the juice (sulfites, nutrients, etc.) and any additional ingredients (hops, other fruits and/or spices).

Track your fermentation once you’ve pitched the yeast, noting changes in gravity and pH each time you sample.

Once you’re ready to package, there’s space to list key stats for your cider, including yield, acidity and alcohol content.

With 33 Pressings, it’s easy to keep your notes in one place for posterity, bound in a softcover format that lays flat and wears well.

Designed by Former Home Cider Makers
Living in Oregon, I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by some of the country’s best cideries,* most of whom were started by home cider makers who got the bug and eventually turned pro. I worked with three (Reverend Nat’s, Cider Riot! and Wandering Aengus) to create the cider make log we all wished we had when we began making cider.

33 Cider Pressings
Pint-Sized but Powerful
Don’t let its compact size (5 x 7 inches) fool you. 33 Pressings is packed with features to help you manage your ciders, but is just a little bit larger than my cider-tasting notebook, 33 Mugs of Cider.

Secret Ingredient
A teeny, tiny amount of real, home-pressed cider is added to the ink in each new edition, which is cryptically noted on the back.

Eco-Friendly
33 Pressings is made with 100% recycled papers sourced in the Pacific Northwest. Interior pages are 100% post-consumer recycled content and covers are 85% post-consumer recycled content and 15% recycled content. The booklets are printed using US-grown soy-based inks (and a little cider) in sunny Portland, Oregon.