in our quest to produce some true scrumpy cider we had a couple of hours killing fruit.....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)
some one has lent me an orchard....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
the home made press.. [it has since, been adapted for the next session],
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lightly smash some apples...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif)
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load the press
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apply pressure... with two scissor jacks....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/beavisnbutthead.gif)
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the extracted juice....
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just 5 gallons...
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this was a trial session , the 5 gallons have had yeast added and its busy fermenting....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)
we also have a tree full of plums, and two pear trees that are loaded with fruit.....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif) (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif)
Ha great!
I'm not a cider drinker, but Brother's Toffee Apple cider is nice! Stick some toffee in there too (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/stir.gif)
Question. How come that colour is different from the 'not-from-consentrate' apple juice I drank this morning, yet those are obviously fresh? (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/huh.gif)
holy crap CP, there's toffee apple cider....
off to the shops... brb.....
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Looking Good Mr B (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif) you're right, its proper cloudy isn't it (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/shame.gif)
the juice is cloudy as it has a fair bit of pulp in it, tastes gr8....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
it also oxidizes in contact with the air,,as apples do,
but will clear a lot when fermented, so im told,
it is much like a freshly squeezed orange juice i suppose,(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/dontknow.gif)
id imagine the stuff in cartons which ive used for makin cider is filtered and treated to make it clearer...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/confused.gif)
save us a bottle (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/wink.gif)
Quoting: daveyboy
save us a bottle
im sure i will be handing out samples.....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
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Quoting: EDGE
there's toffee apple cider....
off to the shops... brb.....
I'm a Guinness and proper beer / ale kinda guy, but that toffee apple cider is like cat nip - I could drink A LOT of that
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http://www.brotherscider.co.uk/about/our-range/This may help you find some if you can't - although most proper off-licences and pubs should do it now, it's been out all summer.
http://www.brotherscider.co.uk/cider-finder/stockist-search/
i couldn't ind it yesterday... will go out looking again today !
It sure looks good, and toffee apple cider mmm have to keep an eye out for this (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/wink.gif)
lol you do look like a proper couple of ol rednecks hehee
our second apple pressing last weekend,(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)
half of the apples we pressed..(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/shame.gif)
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apply pressure
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juice flowing, thru improved press....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif)
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5 gallons of sugary apple juice, hydro reading of 1050
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after 24 hrs juice was dropped into another f/v to aid airation
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yeast starter made 24 hrs earlier,
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nice and foamy....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
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pop it in corner, to ferment at room temp with its coat on... (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/rofls.gif)
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thats ten gallons of apple juice we have fermenting,.....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)
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