The most basic pieces of equipment required for making hard cider are the fermentor, an airlock, a siphoning hose and some sort of bottling solution. Of course, if you plan to press your own apples you will need a way to extract the juice such as a cider press.

The answer is yes you can, the LBK is perfect for fermenting any beverage of choice. To make hard cider it is pretty simple. You need your fermenter, cleanser, yeast, bottles, and apple juice.

Rather than letting them go to waste, thoughts turn to making cider at home. Once you've done it and tasted your own cider, you'll want to make it again and again. It really is such a simple thing to make. And as well as being lovely to drink in the summer, it's great for mulled cider and casseroles in the winter.

Besides no longer using archaic fermentation tools, there are no real differences! In traditional cider making, apples were grown by grafting branches from existing apple trees. After harvest, many apples were pressed into cider and the rest were filled into barrels and kept for the winter to replenish the supply.