Anyone looking to get rid of an apple press.

blackvalley · 07-09-2023 6:35pm #1

Hi.

About to have a go at making cider and am looking to buy ( or borrow ) an apple press.

Dont want to spend too much on equipment yet until I see how it works out.

Thanks in advance.

blackvalley · 07-09-2023 6:36pm

PS . I’m in Kildare.

PublicBen · 24-09-2023 10:27pm

im of no help to you, but wondering where you got the rest of the equipment? I’m able to access a lot of apples at the moment and thinking of trying cider myself. Just not sure where to start.

blackvalley · 01-10-2023 6:38pm

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Hi. I’m certainly no expert on the subject and I’m sure there are many more qualified people out there.

The equipment you need for cider making is quite simple.

1 . Something to break up the apples into small chunks before pressing. There are many methods of doing this from a garden shredder to a heavy piece of wood with which you bash the apples in a bucket/ tub.

2 . Fruit press. You can buy them they are quite expensive if you’re only experimenting. I was able to make one up using a car jack and some online videos.

3 . A fermentation vessel which can be any larger plastic or glass container which you can seal.

4 . Bottles/ caps.

If you are making wild cider that’s basically all that you need.

There’s lots of stuff available online about the process and it’s possible to get lost in the amount of information to be found.

Just one final point and I’m open to corrections but you should get about a 50% yield from your apples. Ie from 20 KG of apples you should get 10 litres of juice.

A good source of equipment for Homebrew in general is a company called Homebrew West.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand · 01-10-2023 6:41pm

Look up Jack Hargreaves’s “old country” series on you tube, he details and shows how it’s done

PublicBen · 01-10-2023 11:04pm

Thanks. I tried juicing over the weekend. I put apple chunks in a blended and passed through a sieve and muslin cloth. Got about 7 litres in the fridge. That came from a large shopping bag. Have four more large bags to go through tomorrow evening.