cyser
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ciser (“alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency”),[1] from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār). Doublet of cider.
Noun
[edit]cyser (countable and uncountable, plural cysers)
- A kind of mead made with apples.
- 1972, Leo Zanelli, Home wine making from A to Z[1], A. S. Barnes, page 58:
- Some people insist that pure apple juice and honey be used; others that 1- 2 lb of apples to the gallon of water is sufficient. It is really only Apple wine using honey instead of sugar. The cyser is named according to the apple variety […]
- 1995, Paul Correnty, The Art of Cidermaking[2], Brewers Publications:
- The procedures for cyser are identical to cider with a notable exception: honey is a much more complex sugar than cane or corn sugars, meaning honey takes a long time to clear and an even longer time (at least six months) to ferment out […]
- 2014 July 30, Steve Piatz, The Complete Guide to Making Mead: The Ingredients, Equipment, Processes, and Recipes for Crafting Honey Wine[3], Voyageur Press, →ISBN:
- Traditionally, a cyser was made by adding honey to apple juice with no additional water. Enough honey needs to be used so that you are not just making a specialty cider (fermented apple juice with a little honey added to boost the alcohol level or add complexity to the beverage).
References
[edit]- ^ “sī̆ser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 January 2018.)
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cyser
- Alternative form of ciser
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