Today was our second annual cider making day. Shook the tree this morning, picked up the press from our relative, and made 31 gallons of fresh apple cider. 90% of the apples were from the one tree in our yard, but we got a few from our neighbor too.
fishingpol said:That is a really nice press. Just regular cider? Come on now. Are you sure there is nothing being made with a little more authority to it? I won't tell the feds. :coolhmm:
btuser said:What kind of apples? I just planted (last year, I've got a long way to go) 1/2 dozen cider varieties and another 1/2 dozen eating/cooking. That $2.50 autobiography of John Adams is going to end up costing me a lot of free cider.
woodchip said:I love seeing pictures of apple presses.
Is that the mill for grinding the apples to pulp above the press in your picture?
woodchip said:We sorted and cleaned our press today, and got milling the apples as soon as we were ready!
The mill grinds them to a pulp, which goes into the press (which is home made and uses a car jack for the pressure):
We have got about 5 gallons of juice so far, some we'll drink now, and some will ferment into hard cider.
We have a really good harvest this year, and I suspect we'll be pressing more apples next week.
The late harvest cider apples make the best tasting drink.
Usually the most alcoholic too........ ;-)