mantamark
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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Anyone do it? I got about 30kg of apples off the parents tree, took them to a local orchard who pressed them and blended them with 20kg of their own apples and now have about 34L of cider starting to ferment in the spare room. Initial tests indicate about 7.7% so should be fun.
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Hammer
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Never tried cider but beer/lager is rancid, although it does blow your head off.
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Dan
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I've been wanting to make a perry for ages, but not had the chance to do it yet.
How did you prepare everything? as I belive its the same for pears as it is apples isn't it?
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mantamark
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I had the option to mix pears in but decided to keep it simple for my first batch.
Picked, washed then the orchard had a scratter, basically a tube with big blades that turn the apples to a uniform size pulp. Then we put them in cheese cloths in between slatted wood and they went into a big hydraulic press.
Got it brewing away in the back room now. Hope to see lots of bubbles when i get back from work today.
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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I saw this on countryfile last night, and can get lots of apples from trees at work. Might give this a go 
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mantamark
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Depending on the apples, you should be able to get 30L from 50kg. Which is a fuckload of apples!
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