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Oct 26, 2009 15:08:02 GMT
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We were planning on making some cider again this year, but didn't think to actually go and check the apples until last Sunday, when we quickly decided that it had to be done RIGHT NOW as they were falling off the trees. So we hurriedly got together some demi johns..  We also got a few 27 litre buckets for good measure, then went out to get them apples, some of this was achieved by the hi-lux drive by method, whereby girls stand in the back of a Toyota and are driven into apple trees!  About 25 feedbags later we decided we had enough to be getting on with. This is the cider press we made from what we thought was pretty solid pine...   (yes that is kitchen worktop) So, first of all we get someone on the scrattler, which is a wooden drum with hundreds of nails hammered into it that connects via pto to this renault tractor, then spins round ripping up the apples an depositing them in a big tank.   You scoop the mashed up apples from the other end using a big stick  Then using some net curtains, you squash the apples with a 12 ton bottle jack!  This scene looks quite productive really.  Then, using authentic bulmers demi johns you collect the murky apple/wasp/sheep curse word juice  Some expert advice form Ralph on the best scrattling methods  And here's a little bit of cider in waiting..  |
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Oct 26, 2009 17:13:06 GMT
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That is a lot of cider. I've made 2 gallons this year and felt that was a fair bit!
Take it you're relying on natural yeast and sugars, nothing added? Will you filter before bottling on is the occasional wasp part of real scrumpy? ;-)
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Oct 26, 2009 19:48:24 GMT
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Well, it is kind of filtered, the mashed up apple is wrapped up as 'cheeses' in net curtains, we put a square of wood down in the press, line it fith net curtain, add the mash, fold the curtain over then slide the wooden square up, you can get three of these cheeses in a stack before you press it. The only thing left in the juice is sediment, which I think you need for the natural yeast.
I have some cider yeast which I might try out on one of the buckets, it does 27 litres and claims to produce a 'crisp, sharp cider'. Otherwise we usually just leave it for a year or so in the shed to do it's stuff!
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Bloody hillbillies!
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marksparks999
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what a waste of lovely apples... could have made some 'Calvados' Apple Brandy!
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Retroless at the moment... but on the hunt for something old!
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what a waste of lovely apples... could have made some 'Calvados' Apple Brandy! You need cider in the first place! Apple brandy usually uses around a 7% cider as a base, you distill this around 5 times, ending up with a liquor of about 68%. You let this sit for a few years, 4% of the alcohol a year is lost through evaporation out the barrels and eventually you have a 40% apple brandy. If only I had an illegal still and enough cider I would certainly attempt it.. |
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slater
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50 gallons of cider '09!slater
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Oct 27, 2009 10:07:19 GMT
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mmm agricultural!
i tryed making some once, i got to the press stage but then just drank all the juice... fail
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Oct 27, 2009 10:46:22 GMT
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Blimey that's a lot of demijohns!
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Oct 30, 2009 15:01:13 GMT
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Love it!! Cider making at it's best.
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Oct 31, 2009 14:58:57 GMT
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IT'S ALIIIIIIIVEEE!!! Or it's gone mouldy already....  The noise/smell in this shed is amazing, like some kind of brewery.   |
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rodit
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Oct 31, 2009 17:49:04 GMT
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Ha ha. Thats fantastic.
Let me know when it's done and i will come up and have a tasting session with ya.
I see the missus was skiving when it came to the hard work ;D
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Low and slow
Why can't i tune it?
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Oct 31, 2009 17:51:46 GMT
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Ah, I can let her off, she was at REAL work. We were just fannying about in pickups all day! You can come for a tasting session, you might not leave though!
QUIZ: Can anyone spot and name our truck and another retro in the photos?? (not the toyota)
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rodit
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Oct 31, 2009 18:13:16 GMT
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The freshjive jumper and the tweed jacket look rather retro, and what looks like a disused sunbed in the orange trailer thing looks retro but i can't think of any of you with a tan ;D
Do i win a prize?
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Low and slow
Why can't i tune it?
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QUIZ: Can anyone spot and name our truck and another retro in the photos?? (not the toyota) At a wild guess the tractor is a Renault. |
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At a wild guess the tractor is a Renault. Yes, was the renaulty yellow colour scheme a giveaway? Still, there's a couple of retros hiding away in there. Granted one of them is under an old carpet..... |
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50 gallons of cider '09!10mpg
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Coool, I'm well jealous, must plant apple trees....
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Spotted the Sierra.
There's also something - to the left of the tra'or in the first pic of the Scrattler - with a red stripe across it's bum. Got no idea what it is though.
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Spotted the Sierra. There's also something - to the left of the tra'or in the first pic of the Scrattler - with a red stripe across it's bum. Got no idea what it is though. Well, done you win. Although it is a p100 truck, but from the front who would know! And, under the carpet, behind the orange trailer is a lime green morris marina twin carb 'Jubilee' edition. It was a bit hard that one. |
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arzebiskitz. I nearly put a bit about it possibly being a P100. Ah, well.
I've now realised that the thing I wrote about with the read stripe is the pickup...
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so hang on, the fermenting apple juice produces cider without adding anything?
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@ CRX_IN_SCOTLAND
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The noise/smell in this shed is amazing, like some kind of brewery.
