Cider Press and Recipes

[Lloyd_E]

I rebuilt this AMES PLOW Co. press for a friend. I get to use it any time for my efforts.

I need advice on making apple cider especially the hard stuff. So if you experienced folks have any advice I would be thankful...

I still need to make a new basket out of hardwood, a new floor and base for directing the juice to the bucket plus a new handle for the press. The base is made of hardwood.
I sanded and applied several coats of urethan/durathan and I wired brushed the cast pieces and repainted. I re-bolted with new bolts etc.

The wooden hopper is a quick build. I need to rebuild with proper angles and will probably make it out of hard wood... It was a 2 minute job... just so I could get pressing!

 

[forgeblast]

That is wonderful. Nice looking press. I home brew a lot. a good site is morebeer.com look at the forums there is a cider section good group of people
brewyourown magazine last year had a whole cider issue...you can back order it.
basically get a carboy, use one step to sanatize it, pour your cider in and add yeast.
add an airlock, let it bubble, age and enjoy.
some yeast companies make a seasonal cider yeast. if you have a local homebrew shop ask them. Congrats on the press that is great.