Cider press

Latest Articles

Cider press
Page 1, 2 Next

Downsizer Forum Index -> Authors Corner

Author

Message

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 9:06 pm Post subject: Cider press
I am writing an article on "How to make a simple cider/wine press" Would most people understand basic woodworking terminology, or would a detailed "this is how you drill a hole, to stop the wood from splitting " be better ? Dont want to "teach me granny to suck eggs" or assume everyone knows what a "pilot hole" is. Cheers. Dave

Treacodactyl
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 9:33 pm Post subject:
I'd tend to suggest assume people know the basics and keep the article just about the press. If people would like to know a bit more about the basics we could either answer questions, find a basic woodworking site or perhaps ask a kind person to write an article on basic woodwork for us.

kinkycat

Joined: 20 Jun 2005
Posts: 62
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 10:07 am Post subject:
Is this article on site? Can't find it anywhere.

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 12:51 pm Post subject:
On its way, hot -foot from the "editors". Dave

wishus

Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 777
Location: Northampton, East Midlands

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 1:02 pm Post subject:
Excellent! I would love to make my own cider! It would be a good excuse to keep drinking it.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 2:16 pm Post subject:
As the masses are clamouring I'll do it once I've got me some tea.

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 2:35 pm Post subject:

wishus wrote:

Excellent! I would love to make my own cider! It would be a good excuse to keep drinking it.

There shouldn't be any rush to press apples at this time of the year...

Those folk who are interested, but *don't* happen to have a few hundredwight of apples sitting around, might care to check these other threads on making cider from commercial apple juice...

"Cheats Cider" : https://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?p=46607
"Easy, Cider!" : https://forum.downsizer.net/about3420.html

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 3:54 pm Post subject:
I have noticed a very feint sulphurous smell as soon as my cider bottles are opened, seems to taste ok.( certainly gets you drunk as a mattress ) Anyone else find this ? Dave

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 3:58 pm Post subject:
Could it be Edward the Confessional getting his own back???

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 4:03 pm Post subject:
Ewwwwwwwwwwwww ! hadn't thought of that, the cats have been under suspicion though. Either that or leaving them to ferment on the pentagram drawn in blood on the forge floor has something to do with it ?

sally_in_wales
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 4:08 pm Post subject:
Dunno about cider, but we sometimes get that smell on wine that is undergoing a secondary (malolactic??) fermentation, and fi d if we let it mature a bit longer it goes away

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 4:14 pm Post subject:
Could be, I do tend to be a bit impatient ! (Better that washing up liquid flavoured wine at the BBQ) Dave

wishus

Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 777
Location: Northampton, East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 06 10:34 am Post subject:
Most excellent advice! My dad has just finished bottling up some wine made from the grapes in his 'pergola'. (3 of the 6 bottles exploded, which serves him right for only testing the one demi-john)... so I'll see if he has any demi-johns to spare and try that.

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 06 11:22 am Post subject:
I note that the cider press article appeared late yesterday. Good on you for the holiday homework, Bugs! Blacksmith, that is a thing of beauty. Have you got it dirty yet?

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 06 12:13 pm Post subject:
Thanks all, ('specially Bugs for making my article look so professional ) Yep, I have used it, finished it a bit late for the apple season, but tried it out on some cheap apples from the market. I am working on a apple chopper (powered by an electric drill) at the moment............ details to follow. Dave

	Downsizer Forum Index -> Authors Corner	All times are GMT Page 1, 2 Next
Page 1 of 2

View Latest Posts