Apples.

Oct 06, 2008 11:54

Yesterday, Some of the family came over, and we picked apples. About 60 gallons of apples, this all off of one tree. This is a large 150ish year old apple tree that sits up by the road, and it is the first tree labeled ("A"). I extracted it from a overgrowth of Japanese arrowroot, and B has been pruning it for the last couple years. We had it ( Read more... )

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dlevey October 6 2008, 16:20:41 UTC
Do you have a cider press? Do you want to get one? That, and a few carboys...

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corwyn_ap October 6 2008, 18:33:42 UTC
We DO have a cider press. Experience at last year cider pressing was that we also need a apple macerater, and although it is on the to-do list (and the ask Nephews to-do for us list), it may not get done before the apples turn. Know where I can get one cheap?

Definitely hope to do that soon, yes indeed!

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dlevey October 6 2008, 18:54:18 UTC
Depends upon what you mean by "cheap". I don't know about finding a macerator; I know a number of the brewing supply places carry presses.

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