Neighborhood Apples

[blasterooni]

Interesting variety i found while driving around. Not sure what variety yet. Picked three full grocery bags full, and with what i have at home, i just might have 5 gallons worth when its all said and done. I tasted one of the more ripe looking apples, and it had some pineapple/tropical fruit flavor. Kind of pondering which yeast to use for this batch of neighborhood apples cider...i liked how it came out last time with opshaug kveik, and now from what i have learned, i bet i could make it even better.

Its such a pleasant experience picking apples at sunset, listening to last chirps of the birds before they settle in for the night. The busy city lights flickering across the bay as the fog slowly moves inland over the hills of the peninsula. The bay bridge faintly visible in the misty marine layer...life aint too bad when you take a moment to slow down, pick some fruit and wonder about nothing in particular. The BART train in the distance like a banshees scream, im happy to be up on the hillside far from the bustle.

Have a good evening, and a tip of a glass of cold hard cider, Skal!

I think its a newtown pippin, although I didn't find any pictures quite like the one I posted. Because of the pronounced pineapple flavor among other attributes including zone hardiness, it seems this is the best answer.

 

[AzOr]

If it is a Newtown pippin, according to google, they develop more flavor 1 or 2 months after picking.

What a score! Around my neighborhood I usually find neglected yard apples. Although I occasionally come across Gravensteins.

Also a crap ton of asian pear trees. Which yields really boring juice. I've been freeze concentrating this juice for back sweetening.

 

[AzOr]

Ever since I got my press, I have a mental map of at least 20-30 apple trees in my neighborhood. I've never biked/walked the kids so much. Good excuse to get outside.

 

[Sequoiacider]

Also a crap ton of asian pear trees. Which yields really boring juice. I've been freeze concentrating this juice for back sweetening.

You might want to give those Asian Pears another try. I made a Cider (actually a Perry) using 100% Asian Pears, and the end result was really nice and refreshing, perfect for drinking on a hot day.

 

[AzOr]

You might want to give those Asian Pears another try. I made a Cider (actually a Perry) using 100% Asian Pears, and the end result was really nice and refreshing, perfect for drinking on a hot day.

Good point. I have about 4 gallons of frozen pear juice from the neighborhood and about 3 quarts of freeze concentrated pear juice. I may cut it w graventeins and see what happens.

I am really excited about making a perry from chojuro pears. I only have about 3 gallons of frozen juice. These unfortunately were not found in the neighborhood. I picked them from an orchard. They have an intense malt/butterscotch flavor. Hopefully, the flavor says post fermentation. I wish I would have picked more but my freezers are filled to the brim with frozen aj. There's always next season......

 

[blasterooni]

Ever since I got my press, I have a mental map of at least 20-30 apple trees in my neighborhood. I've never biked/walked the kids so much. Good excuse to get outside.

Those "pippins" were falling off the tree as I picked them, it was raining apples! I juiced them and some others yesterday and into the wee morning hours, the OG was a whopping 1.072! There were other neighborhood apples in it, and crabs. I need a press big time. Using a juicer is too labor intensive with all that cleaning, and foaminess that needs to be separated out, thus losing a lot of juice in process. I started putting the foamy stuff in another jug to let it separate so I could get more juice in the end, which worked really well, but, it is yet another step.

I test myself the location of every apple tree I find, I am up to about 10. Haven't found any pears yet...

If it is a Newtown pippin, according to google, they develop more flavor 1 or 2 months after picking.

What a score! Around my neighborhood I usually find neglected yard apples. Although I occasionally come across Gravensteins.

Also a crap ton of asian pear trees. Which yields really boring juice. I've been freeze concentrating this juice for back sweetening.

I'm not sure its a Newtown, I showed a guy who owns a cider bar the apple and he thinks its a wild apple and that I should send one in for testing, though I don't know where to send a sample. I'll have to research that.

 

[MarkKF]

What a shame. You have all those heirlooms and no press. I have a scratter & a press but no apples!

 

[blasterooni]

What a shame. You have all those heirlooms and no press. I have a scratter & a press but no apples!

Lets meet in the middle somewhere, say Colorado, and get to making some cider! I look on CL and FB for used grinder and press everyday...one of these days I'll get one