cider mill- gonna make me some HARD/ new pics**

[aldochina]

my dad had this old mill in the loft of his barn, It was given to him awhile back by someone in the family. I told him I wanted to try and make some cider with it, so we pulled it down, and started to clean it up. I will take some pics of the entire thing soon, but heres some pics of the grinding gears soaking in EVAPO-RUST!! This trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro is awsome stuff.
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[harryredtrike]

mmm delicious

[RedRider_AK]

Mmmmm evapo-rust. Why would you even bother with the cider, just drink that stuff. Probably HARDer than any cider ever made, except Johnny Jump Up.

Hah.

Just joking, man, that's awesome. I see a lot of this old-school stuff starting to get a revival in the past years... microbrewing... now cider presses/mills... I've always wanted to try cider. Not real big on alcoholic drinks, but I'd try some low-powered cider anytime...

[MonroeMike]

That really is some amazing stuff, those are cleaning up great.

[brapp]

we use a 20 ton shop press and a wooden box with a drain hole and press it out wors verry verry well

[Thorpe]

we use a 20 ton shop press and a wooden box with a drain hole and press it out wors verry verry well

For some reason, I can picture the oil pan being used too! JK :naughty:

[brapp]

verry simaler principal

[harryredtrike]

hows the press coming along?should have a couple jugs by now

[daniel_250r]

oh yea that evapo rust is liquid gold i used it in my gas tank and it worked wonders, used it till it formed a thick crust on top of it

[aldochina]

well, we processed apples for about 8 hrs this weekend, got about 35 gallons total!! i'm pretty impressed with this antique!! still needs alittle work to the bottom of the press, but it worked good enough. Lots of work involved, but awsome using something that my ancestors used 150-200 yrs ago. I think we went through about 20 bushells!!
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[JasonB]

very nice! I want some!

[harryredtrike]

i hope you have your own apple trees,and didnt have to buy that many.

[MonroeMike]

That is way cool.

[aldochina]

we bartered a large plastic crate my dad got for free that he was using for a compost. the guy at the orchard had several of the same crates for harvesting, said if we gave him the crate we could help ourselves to the apples. We got 3 different kinds, and didnt pay a dime!!!

[Banage]

Thats a neat find. Dont destroy it someday just because you lost interest in it

[lndy650]

thats awesome i wish i had one... i make a few homemade wines blueberry, elderberry, dandilion ect...

[aldochina]

Thats a neat find. Dont destroy it someday just because you lost interest in it

ya, i'll have a keg party and torch it!!!:crazy:



never tried elderbery wine, we used to eat them on the sides of the trails when we were kids.
I added some sugar to my cider the other day, should up the potency quite a bit.
I used honey in one, brown sugar in one, white and brown in one, and I left one natural.

[jeffatc250r]

Wow, dont know how I missed this thread, very cool!

It always seems to taste better when you make it yourself.

Did you drop in any tablets to kill off the wild yeast? If not I hope you get lucky and get a good strain of wild yeast because quite often it will make an awful sour taste. Honey works well, but it can get pricey. The honey will let it finish off with a nice mellow sweet taste.