Would you buy this beverage?

If you read this charming little blurb on the back of a custom brew, would you buy it or put it back on the shelf? Is there anything that you would change or add? This pharagraph will be representing us on our cider labels until the end of time(or whenever we deem it necessary to update them). Thanks!


McClure’s Orchard Cider

This handcrafted cider is proudly produced in small batches with apples grown and pressed on site at McClure’s Orchard. Our family-owned and operated apple farm is found somewhere between then and now, a little bit of old-fashioned hard work and tough love teamed up with some new-fangled horsepower and innovation to bring you this delightful drink. It’s a place where the fruits are ripened in the sun on the trees and picked by hand. If we can’t grow it, we find it from local farmers, folks like us. This beverage has been bottled with love at McClure’s Orchard located in Peru, Indiana, 46970.
www.mccluresorchard.com

Living the dream and bottling some for you.
Jason McClure


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McClure’s Orchard Wine

This handcrafted wine is proudly produced in small batches with fruits and berries grown and pressed on site at McClure’s Orchard. Our family-owned and operated apple farm is found somewhere between then and now, a little bit of old-fashioned hard work and tough love teamed up with some new-fangled horsepower and innovation to bring you this delightful beverage. It’s a place where the fruits are ripened in the sun and picked by hand, and the bees still fly creating sweet honey from apple blossoms and wildflowers. If we can’t grow it, we find it from local farmers, folks like us. This beverage has been bottled with love at McClure’s Orchard located in Peru, Indiana, 46970.
www.mccluresorchard.com

Living the dream and bottling some for you.
Jason McClure (signature)

CONTAINS SULFITES

Cider: with a twist

Shall we let the cat out of the bag?

If you haven’t heard yet we now have our Farm Winery Permit. (BIG HOORAY) This means we can start making hard cider…in big batches. This is what the first 1,000 gallons looks like.

Is it the full moon in the enchanted night sky?

No no no. This is what a clean clean clean 85 gallon stainless tank looks like; or at least one that’s in the process of getting super clean.

Here come those first drops rushing into the tank! Isn’t she beautiful?

Well,the bad news is that now we're in the waiting game. But if you're patient too there will be amazing beverages in our future. June is only a few months away and then its time for tasting!

photos courtesy of Jon S.

Cider Pressing Day

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!”

winter white

You might think that an apple orchard is pretty quiet during the winter months... a long sleepy afternoon blanketed in white...  

Well, that's not exactly how it is.

Honestly, sometimes it is quiet; 

the donkeys are a bit shy about going out to romp in the snow and cold.

However, 

the brave little kitten, Pumpkin Pie, 

came out to blaze a trail through the snow.


Even the ducks seemed to be enjoying themselves once the sun came out.

But I couldn't spend my whole day wandering around enjoying the view... 

there was work to be done. 

We have to prepare to press the cider!

Welcome to the orchard!

Photo courtesy of Meghan Jean