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Apple Cider

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  1. papadave

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    Gallon of milk can be found around here on sale for about $3.
     
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  2. lukem

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    $1.69 here.
     
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    Wha...?
    Our cows must have a union or something. Udderly ridiculous.:)
     
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    A little more for me Lactose Free , 2.97 1/2 gal
     
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  5. lukem

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    Just checked and I'm out of yeast. Grr.

    Ordered a 10 pack of EC1118. It is resistant to 18% so the cider gets pretty stout. I'll have about $1.25 per gallon in it between yeast and extra sugar.
     
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    Had planned on pressing today but the rainy day yesterday slowed things down. Not sure if we'll get it done tomorrow or not but for sure this weekend sometime will be our first batch. It will be a small batch but a start.
     
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  7. lukem

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    A little cider is better than none at all.
     
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    Picked up a few apples...

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    How many apple cords are there?:)
    You could do a "how many apples in the pickup bed" game.
     
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    No clue but the truck is squatting a bit. Probably 600 - 800 lbs of apples.

    I'll start pressing this evening.
     
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    That is a lot or product. Can't even imagine 90 gallons of anything sitting around.
     
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    Shazam, that's a bit.o_O

    I was complaining about cutting the little bucket of crabapples up for jelly last week.

    My buddy has about two bushel. Wait until I show him this picture...
     
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    Wow! What do you do with the waste product?
     
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    Channeling Gomer?
     
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    Feed it to the hogs at my BILs across the road.
     
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    Hey mods where is the hard cider smiley:hair::doh::heidi:
     
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    WoW! :bug: How 'bout them apples!

    Someone needs to open an AHC (apple hoarders club)

    Sounds like you've Got a good plan....... can't wait for the processing pics!
     
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    Getting going next door. This is a cast iron base with center screw. I'm going to forge him some release pins that were missing. Lots of cutting apples right now, no macerator. This was used for grapes, I don't know how apples will turn out. I think there needs to be wood plates between layers of apples.

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    Now thats cool!
     
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    Well, 10 gallons of apples crushed down and pressed yielded just over a gallon. A macerator is really needed. It was good, a little tart though. A lot of labor.

    Luke is set for production, we are just novices.
     
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