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Probably pretty hard to find espalier trained(and of the right shape, too) dwarf trees of cider varieties. Raintree Nursery in Washington sells Graniwinkle(and harrison and campfield). They ship. I bought 4 4x1 trees and planted them this spring, all grafts got leaves, flowers, and even a...

Please report back on the espalier yield in a few years with pictures, I'm curious.

Yeah, that's true. And I'm sure they've done the math. And for beer that's "fine". But for genuinely seasonal fermentation it's definitely an imperfect business model for the consumer. The vault is probably a loss-leader/advertisement more than a profit generator. In my uninformed speculation.

With cider liking late season apples even December would work! But coming out in spring is a little lame. I wish the vault took into account seasonal variations&demand like this.

Eyeing the new stasis cooling system(https://thespoon.tech/kickstarter-the-stasis-brings-glycol-chilling-to-homebrewing-for-more-fermentation-temperature-control/) (while also wondering why people don't use aquarium coolers at 2/3 the price? What am I missing?) But I mainly use glass carboys...

Yes, this would be my lazy keeve/experimentation for the hell of it. Not sure why it's "not for the faint of heart" though. Other than being finicky and requiring babysitting. And requiring cider apples, preferably French bittersweets. Well, okay. Being asked, "what are you doing" and...

It's from the vault. You can sign up in the fall, but it didn't ship until spring this past year. I hear you on general principle. I've got a couple vials sitting in the fridge, hoping the mix stays in proportion past the "expiration" date.

This is 100% true, but I'm curious if some of these really high nutrient demand yeasts(one of the new kveik ones has super high nutrient demand I've heard?) might fortuitously stall from lack of food. Maybe filter the juice before pitching?

You could still practice the process. And have some neutral cider to top off the headspace of your late season "better" cider.

Don't forget that aging on the lees can have an effect too. Which is what you're doing.

You could still practice the process. And have some neutral cider to top off the headspace of your late season "better" cider.

The pitched yeast will almost always outcompete the wild yeast and render it irrelevant. Darwin is merciless, and part of the reason we've bred/selected/created commercial yeast cultures is to outwork the wild yeast/bacteria, in reproduction, fermentation and ester/phenol management. There are...

I can't rdwhahb, my last batch is somehow oxidized to hell. :( (An excuse for more gear, for a cleaner process? I think so!) I waited close to 9 months for the luthier to repair my violin, and it didn't bother me. He didn't advertise a 2 day turnaround, even for absolutely routine things that...

Yeah, when I lived in a national park, USPS didn't deliver. So when stuff gets shipped fedex "smartpost" or whatever it is where USPS does the final delivery-instead it would just get sent back. It was a mess. And yet, Amazon always manages to deliver on time. I don't think it's fedex...

So just ordered from morebeer.com for the 2nd time. And for the 2nd time, I'm looking at not getting my stuff on the promised date. It was ordered on the 20th, and it was supposed to arrive today, the 22nd. But fedex says it won't arrive until the 24th. Is this everybodies experience...

Dang, that's a great yield. I thought it was worse for some reason.

I thought the big bucks method would be linking to a glycol chiller.

I was brainstorming outloud, not being confrontational. Sorry if I came off that way. I will likely rent a grinder from the homebrew shop, but not the press because all they have is a little tiny thing. I'm eyeing the 7L Ejwox hand grinder though: http://www.ejwox.com/product/1141/ Or this...

5 gallon batch is ~48 bottles. A packet of dry white wine yeast is $2, tops at my LHBS. That's $0.04/bottle. Is alleviating your stress(and eliminating a possible problem) worth $2 to you? Maybe $4/0.08 for some specialty yeast. Again, is your peace of mind worth $4? Build a starter the...

This will probably be my first season pressing as well. I'm looking at a shop press + some cutting boards for a rack & cloth press. There is a 20L EJWOX bladder press, too. http://www.ejwox.com/product/1131/ What do you mean source the parts? Just buy a shop press whole, and some cutting...