After taking a year off in 2022, we decided that we were going to make cider again this year. Three crates of apples were ordered which allows us to make roughly 150 gallons of cider. We invite a few friends and neighbors over and get to work. In four to five hours we will have 200+ jugs of cider pressed and filled with plenty left over for making hard cider. The press is vintage, but we have upgraded it to be hydraulic. That makes pressing the apples so much more efficient. We drop a bushel of apples into the hopper to grind them up, that then falls down onto our…
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It’s that time of year again. Another year we we pick up three crates of apples and press it into cider. We had a great crew show up this year. Lots of the regulars and a few new faces also. In total we bottled around 120 gallons of cider. Kept 10 gallons to make hard cider. The bulk of the Seiter was bottled into half gallon jugs with enough headspace so they could be frozen and thawed out for later use and enjoyment
