Nat’s crabby blend.
Data for the three cider batches made in 2011.
Nat brought over some very nice apples today that I added to the 98 lbs of crab apples, and I spent about 4.5 hours grinding and pressing them all out for cider. Well, 604 lbs of them were pressed. There were some Newtown Pippens left over, but I just couldn’t squeeze them into the press. The efficiency of the press and grinder are about the same as with the disposal, but the time savings is more that enough to justify the cost! Anyway, the juice is now sulfited and waiting for yeast to be pitched tomorrow. The juice is distributed in a 30 gallon barrel and two 6 gallon carboys (the barrel has 32.5 gallons in it, and the carboys have 5 each!). One of the carboys will be allowed to undergo a wild fermentation. Always a crap shoot, but the resulting cider could be amazing (e.g., the perry from last year)!
Total cider made so far this season: 114.5 gallons. Good thing there’s two adults in the house…
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