Ping Chuck, Billy et al (cider stupidity & cooking sherry)

 

Some bastards never learn eh. This easter I am contemplating having another
go at some rought home made cider. I am trying to get a better (cheap) rig
together. Benchmark is this guy

He spent 40 euros apparently. Should be able to do it cheaper than that.

Afer work one day this week I thought I'd get stuck in to the good bottle of
sherry I had gathering dust in the booze rack. Disaster. Must've drunk it at
some stage before. I did find the cooking sherry.

rob

 



this guy


40 euros!! bloody spendthrift.

rob

 

wrote:


I didn't quite get what he made the press cage out of (Damn ears are
failing me.). The cage is what gets the pressure, with little support.
Perhaps he was just demonstrating the equipment, but he was squeezing
the apple slurry much too quickly. You need to let the cake drain before
continuing or some of the juice will be physically blocked from
draining. Rice hulls would help the juice find its way around the
pectins.

My god, have you seen the price of Calvados recently? Couple of years
ago, I could get a bottle for $15. Now it is $40 and (way) up.
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.


http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

 

wrote:


Hmmmm.....maybe 'cuz the dollor ain't worth....oh, niver mind.

Charlie

 



frame was wooden, screwed & gang nailed.
A bottle jack
A couple of old wood turned spindles
Some mdf cut for a pressure board
An old drum to take the apple cake
A baking tray with a 'nodge' cut out of it

Thats about it.


good tip, thanks.


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-----------> cooking sherry, $10 nz odd per 1 litre bottle.