Recent content by Buckshott

Yea I should have mentioned that lol they are 750 and I had a couple already so it was just a little over 2 gallons

Bottled 2 gallons of apple wine and sweet apple cider tonight only have about 20 more gallons total to go lol sure taste good

This recipe is the BOMB brought some to thanksgiving and what a hit good thing I made 10 gallons of it.... deffiently going to make alot more next year thanks for the recipe!!

Thanks for all the info.. I do have the space to cold crash for a day in my chest freezer and will pick up some juice to sweeten it before I bottle thanks again

I got 8 gallons of this that just quite working yesterday so I'm guessing in a week or so I'll be racking into secondary and cold crashing before bottling I also experimented with four and a half gallons with a little brown sugar and cinnamon tried 2 diffrent yeast with the original recipe D-47...

Well I took a recipe off the wine fourm... boy I gotta say I was nervous about making wine as I'm a beginner. After reading the recipe I jumped in and mad 4 gallons. I ground the apples pressed in my home made press add the tablets waited added the other ingredients and let sit. Racked in 2...

I just got done about a hour ago grinding and pressing 5 gallons of fresh apples... I put 4 gallons in a fermenting bucket and I will be adding the yeast tomrrow on a count I threw 4 tablets in it.... hope it turns out as good as everyone says it is which I'm sure it will!!! I don't think I'm...

So this is what I use to pick apples every tub gets me 5 gallons of fresh pressed cider give or take size but my first year I'm loving it!!

I tried it tonight on a tub of apples worked great!!! Just quatered them the bad apples tossed out but wasn't more then a hand full as for bad mushy spots wasn't much at all of that went threw the grinder just fine and got a gallon and a half more then what I did core and peeling them.... if...

Thanks so much for the help... wow I feel dumb for all the time I wasted washing peeling cutting out bad spots this is going to be way better thanks again!!! Never tried the freezing idea but I do have one big chest freezer I don't have much in I'll give it a shot.

Hey new to this apple cider thing but my process is wash apples peel and core cut bad parts out grind and press... needless to say it takes a long time do I have to worry about bad spots?? Or the core and seeds? Can I just throw them in the grinder and let them go threw?? Thanks

Hey new to the wine/cider making world and I have to say I'm hooked!!! Made my first batch of grape wine a month ago and I'm hooked so far I have 4 gallons of apple pie made... 5 gallons of apple wine and 5 gallons of apple cider brewing right now. I made my own press.. use a old meat grinder...