Cool temps have moved into my surroundings. It was just in the 60's yesterday- warmer in Colorado I think me thinks. It's great to be able to use the oven again. I pulled out some of the gifted homegrown plumbs I cut up and froze a few weeks ago and made 2 loaves of quick bread.

The 2 batches of hard cider are doing well- they like the new lower temps of my make space. The one on the right has really slowed down. The one on the left I made with some spices as well as sugar to increase the strength a bit. The baggie and rubber band work fine as an airlock. You can complicate the brewing of hard cider if you want with all the fancy gizmos and bottling or go low tech. I just use a hose cut from a kitchen faucet sprayer to rack the stuff into a clean bottle sometime in the 2nd week when it's settled down. You can drink it then or maybe let it settle another a week and then put it into mason jars in the fridge- cold and ready to enjoy.