Apple Pressing - 4 May 2019
Another year’s apples have been juiced and maybe turned into cider! Around 20 people came with their crop of apples and Malcolm’s cider press was again in full production between 11am and 3pm. This year we collected, froze and pressed our cider apples separately and were pleasantly surprised how sweet the juice was (considering the apples themselves are virtually inedible!). Others brought thawed apples which produce a very clear juice. Matt added yeast to some of our cider apple juice and we await the result!! Other people brought fresh apples to be chipped and then pressed and the resulting taste tests all produced very nice juice for drinking. The apple crop in Southland seemed to be more prolific than previous years though it was apparently more difficult to find roadside trees in fruit this year – maybe the result of late frosts in springtime. Thanks once again to Malcolm for bringing the Cider Press and allowing us to use it for another good event.
Chris
Posted: 14 May 2019