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Joe, I may add to this thread, Saturday is pressing day for me. First go around at Keeving will be tomorrow. This will be 7th year of pressing/fermenting, but first attempt at keeving. Stumbled on this, since you just posted again to this today. Good to see someone documenting keeving.

Rats! Pa to Idaho is just outside of my comfort zone for a drive. If your last batch was weak/thin it may have been mainly a dessert apple blend. do you recall what the cider was made from?

Brewvandal, Where are you located? Proper cider apples are hard to come by for most. ...or is this your secret location....(shifty eye emoticon here)

ohio, Spot on with Crab apples, I've got about 70lbs I've got to thaw so they are ready for this saturday. But I've always had the solids drop out with racking. If there are solids they are so small I cant see them. They drop out by the time I bottle/keg. Tannins are what gives me a thick feel.

Mike, if he wants to draw off batches to carbonate in TAD's, I think he'd be better off just going right to them . That way the carboy doesnt end up with an increasing airspace void waiting to contaminate the cider. clengman, I think you get what Mikes saying, so include/exclude #3 based on...

If the kegs will live in the kegerator the whole year, you should be able to backsweeten then keg. If the yeast is allowed to spring back to life by getting warm, they will chew up all the sugars. So as long as its cold, you should be ok. If you let them stay warm, any sugar in the keg will...

Some NJ/NY residents are being told it will be a month without power.

Glad to hear you made it ok. Hope things return to normal for you soon. I have to restrain myself when I hear of guys buying pallets of $500 generators at local Home Depot's while bragging about selling them for $1200 ea in NJ.....bunchafriggindouche's

Using Champagne yeast, let it sit for six months then report back. It will dramtically change for the better.

Not Crazy at all, I filled up empty containers with 40 gallons of water expecting the power and well pump to go out. My 20 gallon primary makes a great reserve, spigot and all. Nutty, we escaped with only a few trees down, hope things werent too bad for you.

I got mine from a local independent home improvement place. Got 6 2x4x12's out of one pallet. Might be oak is more prevailent in PA/ east coast? Worth a shot at those prices though..

You can get roughsawn oak 2x4s from old (free:)) pallets. Awesome idea for thread too. Excellent idea!

No need, solids will settle with the trub at the bottom and get tossed with first racking. I've always used press bags. Should be able to get them from your local homebrew, or via the interwebs. I'd think the paint strainer would clog up fairly easy.

Did you use pasturized cider? If so it may never clear to your satisfaction. Heat binds the pectins. Can you cold crash?

If you are going to add campden tab, I wouldnt worry about sanitizing the press. If its an oldie but goodie it's got more years than you of accumulated flora deep in its pores. So you'll probably never get it sanitized. but years of adding apple juice and the inherent yeasts will start to build...

bigsky with the first plate press, thanks man!

mmm.... "alco-pop"

Stick it in the fridge, cold crash to clarify. Rack (sorbate if you want) then keg it. Keep it cool if you can, so fermentation doesnt start back up if you intend to store it for a while. If you like it then keg it. But be aware if you do nothing it will keep chugging away and that sweet...

Well I am proud of it, but that's all my fathers doing. He likes to do stuff right, and do it once. His hobbies include deriving satisfaction from hand cutting dovetails, and spending weeks on hand staining furniture, so even his purely functional stuff looks nice. Nice Burgundy clip, watched...

Babski, 1/3 hp motor, 1750rpm 1.5" on motor, 10" on drum. Happy to answer any other questions that might come up. Mike, Nice! Sure dont make stuff like they used to, I'd love to get 100 years out of ours. Would sure be nice if we could get a qulity press for just over a jackson!