Our cider was made about 50:50 with Bramley (sour) and Discovery eating apples.
Smash with stick
When pulped, put into press. This one was a donated press from Steve’s grandparents originally used for wine.
First batch made a nice medium apple juice. We added demerara sugar to add sweetness.
11 litres. 13 once sugar and water added. OG 1.074, so going to be 8.4%!
I'm Tim, a 31yr old ex-Allotmenteer. My wife and I used to have a small 5 rod plot in South Essex where we grew all manner of veg. I'm also involved in brewing the odd keg of beer.
When getting down the allotment got too hard and our circumstances changed we bought a house with a 65ftx30ft garden, which we're converting into a mini orchard and veg beds.
We get up to some weird and wonderful projects - we've built a small boat, a pig roaster (powered by a windscreen wiper), a chicken run, raised beds and try our hands at all sorts of stuff getting us closer to being 'self sufficientish'.
The hope is to introduce chickens soon and hopefully let them free range during the day.
If you want to contact me, you can do so here
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