Harvested apples and pressed about 200 litres of juice at the weekend. About 1/2 will go for cider, the rest for juice for drinking and a bit for ACV.
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"Harvested apples and pressed about 200 litres of juice at the weekend. About 1/2 will go for cider, the rest for juice for drinking and a bit for ACV.
Any other fabbers into apple pressing / cider ? "
I did a couple of years ago. But i only have a grape press. Took ages!! Cider was crystal clear though, like champagne. |
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"Harvested apples and pressed about 200 litres of juice at the weekend. About 1/2 will go for cider, the rest for juice for drinking and a bit for ACV.
Any other fabbers into apple pressing / cider ?
I did a couple of years ago. But i only have a grape press. Took ages!! Cider was crystal clear though, like champagne. "
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Just our second year making cider, just racked around 30 litres off the yeast, 10 litres straight into pet bottles with sugar to carbonate, 1 gallon steeped with spices (just trying this out), 1 gallon sweetened, and the last one just as it comes. Will leave them in the demijohns for a couple of months before bottling.
300 litres must be nearly commercial scale lol?! Took us long enough to prep, and juice 30 litres. What do you use? We have a Vigo press, forget the size, but it was the biggest I could get from the brewing shop. |
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"Harvested apples and pressed about 200 litres of juice at the weekend. About 1/2 will go for cider, the rest for juice for drinking and a bit for ACV.
Any other fabbers into apple pressing / cider ? "
Absobloodylutely to the cider (apple and pear) |
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"Just our second year making cider, just racked around 30 litres off the yeast, 10 litres straight into pet bottles with sugar to carbonate, 1 gallon steeped with spices (just trying this out), 1 gallon sweetened, and the last one just as it comes. Will leave them in the demijohns for a couple of months before bottling.
300 litres must be nearly commercial scale lol?! Took us long enough to prep, and juice 30 litres. What do you use? We have a Vigo press, forget the size, but it was the biggest I could get from the brewing shop. "
I brew-it in 40 gallon wooden barrels but get it pressed locally for me |
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"Just our second year making cider, just racked around 30 litres off the yeast, 10 litres straight into pet bottles with sugar to carbonate, 1 gallon steeped with spices (just trying this out), 1 gallon sweetened, and the last one just as it comes. Will leave them in the demijohns for a couple of months before bottling.
300 litres must be nearly commercial scale lol?! Took us long enough to prep, and juice 30 litres. What do you use? We have a Vigo press, forget the size, but it was the biggest I could get from the brewing shop. "
I use an electric scratter to pulp the apples, and a Vigo rack and cloth press. I can do about 60 Litres per hour with this setup. |
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"My two trees bore hardly any fruit this year  Hopefully a decent harvest next year "
It can be vary variable. Some trees can be a bit bi-annual, also the wrong weather at blossom time can wreck the crop. This year I had some trees do really well, others nothing. |
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