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10 gal. Old orchard plus premier blanc bubbling away. 164.5 +10= 174.5

That bulk pricing is a negligible savings from old orchard. At the occasional sale price of 1.19 per can of frozen variety, 5 gals costs 63.07. no shipping. pick it up when you want at a big box store. I love their fajc, but couldn't justify the shipping one state over for $34. Putting 5 gals at...

Let it be for a while. Like, a long while. Then try one. I bet it tastes much better after it's been forgotten about for a while.

I used a 1/3 h.p. electric motor with a 3 stepped pulley. I replaced the handle wheel on my grinder with a 14" pulley. I made my 14"pulley on a lathe but they are available at most farm stores. To calculate the desired rpm, I counted the hand driven rpm, looked on the motor to find its rated...

In a keg, no real threat of danger from overcarbing, but it could possibly dry out and heighten the abv if the yeast become active. Extra foamy pours would be the worst case scenario.

Well, others may disagree but I simply leave my cider on cote des blancs for 2-5 weeks, carefully rack into keg on top of my preferred back sweetener and put it in the kegerator. I have had no issues with refermentation and stopped using both Camden and sorbate 2 years ago. We tend to go through...

That is an exact copy of the one I inherited from my grandfather that I now have electrified with a pulley on the grinder

Codyt, Did you motorize it? You can add a piece of plywood with a handle over the top of the hopper to put a little downpressure on the apples. In using it, what seemed to be the problem?

220+5 gal apple/cherry + 5 gal vanilla cinnamon = 230 gal.

Or, Wenmill, thanks for joining. Welcome.

Vanilla cinnamon brown sugar cider. Lightly carbed. Hard not to chug a lug as Roger Miller would say.20180706_215633 by Silver79 posted Jul 7, 2018 at 3:03 AM

Use a plywood block to add some reinforce and replace the crank handle with a pulley. Add an electric motor and your good to go.

I'd try it.

Check the gravity.

As far as frozen concentrate goes, old orchard has the best flavor profile for backsweeting, according to my friends and I. But like was already said, the best flavor comes from the pressed apples. I have had great luck using old orchard's apple cherry blend to give a subtle hint of cherries in...