Frozen Apples

[ratters]

Hello,

I am planning to make a cider soon but am in an interesting situation whereby I have all frozen whole apples. A friend and I drove around an area known to have wild roadside apples and collected about 50kg in one evening from 6 different trees, but agreed we were both too busy to do anything with them so they were dumped whole into a chest freezer, no peeling or cutting at all.

Normally I juice the apples for the cider but am unsure what to do with them now, any tips are greatly appreciated!

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Those apples should be much easier to crush & press after thawing. Though I don't see why you couldn't juice them as you usually do, should be easier.
Regards, GF.

 

[BoomerCreek]

Charge it! Thaw and press. It may be easier after the cells walls are broken down from the freezing. It could have a special taste. Good luck.

 

[ratters]

Guess there is only one way to find out! I normally use a juicer which is incredibly labour intensive considering I like to make 25L at a time so this time around im looking to purchase a press, it should encourage me to do more ciders if anything.

 

[MarkKF]

Charge it! Thaw and press. It may be easier after the cells walls are broken down from the freezing. It could have a special taste. Good luck.

Ice (apple) wine anyone?

 

[ratters]

I have read about apple wine but what would the general process be? Do you normally begin with whole frozen apples?