I’m not sure how many gallons of cider we press during the year…or how many gallons of cider I drink during the year…but it’s a few. We recently did our last press of the season and we have squirreled away gallons and gallons of cider in our freezer to keep us well stocked until next season. We also have another important reason to press cider-but I’ll keep you in suspense on that until the next post.
The old adage is that you never make cider without the Winesaps. And if you’ve never tasted a Winesap I recommend getting a sample next fall, tart and tasty!
Ever wonder what we do with all those little bitty apples that you could eat in just two bites? Well, every little apple counts in cider making and this little one is going in!
These lucky apples are on their way to be sorted and washed. I wonder which one is going to end up in my cider glass…and which one will be in yours.
We like our cider unpasteurized so we wash our apples twice to keep out unwanted leaf bits and all those ladybugs look-alikes.
It was a successful day and we got our cider finished and may I say,
“Dee-licious!”
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