News 2023 05 22
The temperatures are going steadily up, millésime 2022, assemblage 1 brut is slowly aging and recently micro cuvée assemblage 2 "cidre mielé" has joined. It is cidre with 5% (w/v, weight per volume) of honey added. However that is not all. We have started on 12/5 one more experiment, stronger version of cidre mielé which inspired by the Bretons we call Chouchen, however final name has to be different because of the AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protégée), suggestions appreciated! Most of the honey was used from the local bee keeper Mr. Petrák, the batch is fermenting in the cellar at around 12°C in 60 l glass dame-jeanne. If all goes well bottling time by beginning to mid of June. By the way I've uploaded a picture of the tonneau where the assemblage 2, cidre mielé was aging before, note the drops at the bottom of the tonneau, they are honey which somehow diffused/leaked through the planks for the tonneau. Really interesting thing which I've not seen yet, strangely not a single drop of cider got through, just the honey. Otherwise things are progressing, if all goes well within a week there will be a Czech business entity created to facilitate the import of Cidrerie Jara products to Czech Republic where they however will have to be sold under another brand name than "cidrerie" because sadly this word has been already taken. Online shop has been created and paid for, basic structure is being build up bit by bit, fingers crossed, next week will be opening. I do hesitate about the price of cider there, it should not to be much higher than the resellers offer it for but I do not put the price online too high, hard decision to do. There is opportunity to spend some working and leasure time in Normandie for the ones interested, leaving date from Czech Republic is most likely to be fifth of June.
