The secrets of cider explored at next Fruit Club gathering

Published 10:57 am Wednesday, November 18, 2015

A bounty of Bainbridge-grown apples.
A bounty of Bainbridge-grown apples.

This month’s Fruit Club meeting will feature Tom Mueller as guest speaker. The club meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Bainbridge Island Grange, 10340 Madison Ave. NE.

Mueller is an extreme home cider maker and will share his expertise, trial and errors.

He has been home brewing and making cider and fruit wines for 20 years (when he first moved to Bainbridge Island). He has been involved in backyard fruit growing and was on the board of Western Washington Fruit Growers Foundation for two years.