Pressing Cider

This year we are trying something new.

Using a small cider press, cider pressing and lots of help from the children, we are pressing each of our individual varieties of apples separately.

As the trees have ripened each variety has been pressed, bottled in half gallon jugs, labeled them appropriately and stored in the freezer. Now, with just a bit more planning and spreadsheet making to do, we’ll be ready to offer them for sale.

Heirloom apple juice, ready to drink or blend into unique mixes for home cider brewing!

Have You Tasted Fall?

Have you spent a day making apple cider?

Have you watched the apples tumble through a washer?

Have you seen them fall to the waiting boxes below as they reach the other side?

Have your children giggled as apples flew up an elevator?

Have you heard the terrific noise of a grinder as the apples are ground to a pulp?

Have you witnessed the mashed apples shooting out onto the press?

Have you watched as knowledge was passed from person to person?

Have you seen the belts and wheels of a hundred year old cider press jump into action?

Have you listened to the noise of the engine change as it starts to apply pressure to the apples?

Have you smelled the tang of apples as the juice starts running out?

Have you watched your husband explain it all to your children?

Have you listened to the gurgle of the amber liquid as it fills a jug?

Have you tasted fall?