Cidermaking

In Game Description

Cidermaking is the skill of using a cider press to create fruit pulp and a fermentation tank to convert that pulp into delicious cider using yeast to ferment it.

As you advance in your ability, you'll learn to make different types of cider, eventually culminating in the ability to make mixed cider from raw fruit harvested from the trees.

You start out with the raw product - Initially this will be apples, though advanced cidermakers may use other items. You will take this product and crush it into pulp using a cider press; Put the product you want to crush into the cider press, for example 'put apple into press', and then use the 'ciderpress' ability.

This will give you pulp of the relevant type. You now need a cider fermentation tank, and you can use the relevant fermentation ability to add the pulp or yeast into the tank, for example;

appleferment <apple pulp> into <tank> appleferment <yeast> into <tank>

Once there is both pulp and yeast in a fermentation tank, it will gradually convert the pulp and juice into alcoholic cider. Once this process is complete you can drain off the cider into a barrel or other container;

drain <tank> into <container>

You can also 'clean out <tank>' to remove pulp or yeast you no longer want to ferment, though be aware this will also waste any already fermented cider if you don't drain it first.

Learning

Cidermaking is taught by Rubgru Metchu in Ruk'tan.

Abilities

Ability Name	Description	Cost	Notes
ciderpress	operate a cider press to create pulp for cider
appleferment	press and ferment apples to make traditional cider
pearferment	press and ferment pears to make pear cider
cherryferment	press and ferment cherries to make cherry cider
mixedferment	press and ferment fruit commodity to make mixed fruit cider

Prerequisites

Cidermaking has no affect on the magical/physical balance.

Cidermaking doesn't qualify for any higher skill.