Recent content by Tim P

I never thought of it till this year, but after grinding and pressing the apples…..has anyone tried to ferment the pressings? I thought of it AFTER I threw them all away :( I was thinking next year of filling a primary 1/3 of pressings, 2/3 H2O and 1 Lb of sugar for every gallon of water added...

Apples this year in YXE were pretty good and there was enough for a second smaller pressing! This time I got 13ish gallons and the brix is 15. I was thinking to up the ABV and just happened to find a corny keg of unopened Schreppes ginger ale! Whats your guys thoughts on adding a gallon to...

-Well here’s a bit of my update. I ground about 200lbs of apples pressed them and that got me +15 gallons of juice. So obviously I decided not to ferment the pulp! -my 20 ton press made short work of the pillow cases used to hold the apples. -I added sodium meta bisulphate to the juice -I am...

Ive made cider many times using my grandmothers methods. Her "golden ratio" is 1/3 mashed apples to 2/3 water and add 1lb of sugar for every gallon of water added. (33gal primary so 10gal apple mash, 20gal H2O and 20lb of sugar) Ive upped my technique over the years and am making 4, 33 gallon...