I finally got the wild hair to do this. I am using a store bought press for the time being, but I have plans drawn up to build my own, bigger, better cider press. Along with cider, I am also planning on venturing into the world of wine making.
One of the things I have been trying to find information on, is what an average yield is on grinding and pressing apples, to how much fresh cider is produced.
Last night I pressed my latest batch of cider. Here are the results of this round :
Four large grocery bags of apples @20# each
By my math that translates to 80# of apples. After grinding and pressing, I ended up with 5 gallons of fresh cider. 5 gallons @ 8 pounds per gallon makes 40 pounds of cider. This translates to a 50% return (so to speak) on the apples.
As I stated before, I am new to this, but I think that is a pretty good press on the apples, and that doesn't count for the amount of waste I had to remove from the apples. So the less waste, the more cider you should get from a pound of apples.
I just thought I would pass this along, and see how many others chime in with their respective pressing results.
Happy brewing
One of the things I have been trying to find information on, is what an average yield is on grinding and pressing apples, to how much fresh cider is produced.
Last night I pressed my latest batch of cider. Here are the results of this round :
Four large grocery bags of apples @20# each
By my math that translates to 80# of apples. After grinding and pressing, I ended up with 5 gallons of fresh cider. 5 gallons @ 8 pounds per gallon makes 40 pounds of cider. This translates to a 50% return (so to speak) on the apples.
As I stated before, I am new to this, but I think that is a pretty good press on the apples, and that doesn't count for the amount of waste I had to remove from the apples. So the less waste, the more cider you should get from a pound of apples.
I just thought I would pass this along, and see how many others chime in with their respective pressing results.
Happy brewing