I've never seen a press like that before. What a great way to do a lot of apples at once! I live in VA too. Hope to be growing lots of apples in our farm. Gonna have to put this vid in the save pile! Thanks for sharing!! 👍
For sure. Glad its helpful. If you aren't far from Sedalia, you should look them up and see if you can buy or trade for some of their cider as they get up to production!
Brings back memories of cranking thr apple crusher and turning the press screw to extract the juice. My 85 year old grandmother supervised the event. Best tasting juice ever
Beautiful! I remember watching an old wooden apple cider press in action about 25 years ago near Stowe, VT. It was similar in that it had layers of cloth wrapped apples stacked on layers of wood. I'm not sure how they powered it to exert downward force. What is done with the leftover apple mash?
Did you happen to capture footage of the apple processing before the pressing? What type of machine did they use to shred the whole apples down to bits? Thank you for this video! Very neat and low input device!
Can you then ferment the crushed pomice? In Italy, the wine makers would ferment the crushed pomice and distill it into a fiery clear liquid called Grappa. It is still available today and some say it is best used to "correct" your morning espresso.
Fermenting and all the bare hands in there makes me question how they dont get batches going bad/off. Are they pasturizing with heat or campden tablets?
They aren't pasteurizing. They sanitize and wash everything including their hands and if you think about how cider has been made since the beginning this is an incredibly clean approach they are making. Most cider would have horses around, being done in barns, with huge piles of old apples around, etc.
I got a bunch of cider... Pomace being driven up 400+ miles didn't seem like the best use of gas since the car was full and we've still got rotten apples up here :)
I've never seen a press like that before. What a great way to do a lot of apples at once! I live in VA too. Hope to be growing lots of apples in our farm. Gonna have to put this vid in the save pile! Thanks for sharing!! 👍
For sure. Glad its helpful. If you aren't far from Sedalia, you should look them up and see if you can buy or trade for some of their cider as they get up to production!
Mark, wish I lived close to you. My chickens would LOVE the leftovers!
Brings back memories of cranking thr apple crusher and turning the press screw to extract the juice. My 85 year old grandmother supervised the event. Best tasting juice ever
Oh, I can't wait to have a hillside of apple trees. All that cider, all that worm food! Thanks for this.
So super cool!
Beautiful! I remember watching an old wooden apple cider press in action about 25 years ago near Stowe, VT. It was similar in that it had layers of cloth wrapped apples stacked on layers of wood. I'm not sure how they powered it to exert downward force.
What is done with the leftover apple mash?
Cool press. I always wanted to build a similar design, but utilize an old stainless steel keg with the top cut out and small holes drilled in it.
Hey, I know Mark & Allison! OCPM friend here! Looks great guys, hilarious to see you on a UA-cam channel I watch.
Thats great. I would guess a lot of the folks that watch this channel that live down towards VA would know of their amazing works...
I'm back in Michigan, before Marks move down there.
Nice press and setup you have going there!
Thats all my friends work!
What is the brand name of your unbeleavely great overall?
Nice job. Really efficient!
Did you happen to capture footage of the apple processing before the pressing? What type of machine did they use to shred the whole apples down to bits?
Thank you for this video! Very neat and low input device!
Sure did. That video will be coming out tomorrow...
ua-cam.com/video/P8DCkGXZaN4/v-deo.html - grinder video
Thank you!
Just curious...what do they do with the apple pulp after the cider is extracted?
Beautiful press! - I love the handles. Do you know what grinder they use?
Video should be out tomorrow morning :)
ua-cam.com/video/P8DCkGXZaN4/v-deo.html - grinder video!
Wonderful video, I hope they had chickens or other farm animals to feed all that used pulp to... Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! So what did they do with the pith of the apples?
They put them out for their chickens.
What do they use for the cloth?
I believe a natural cheese cloth.
Can you then ferment the crushed pomice? In Italy, the wine makers would ferment the crushed pomice and distill it into a fiery clear liquid called Grappa. It is still available today and some say it is best used to "correct" your morning espresso.
You probably could. My friends feed it to pigs and chickens.
Oh thanks! very useful video!
What do they do with all the mash that's left?
They have chickens so hopefully they are putting it in with the chickens.
Fermenting and all the bare hands in there makes me question how they dont get batches going bad/off. Are they pasturizing with heat or campden tablets?
They aren't pasteurizing. They sanitize and wash everything including their hands and if you think about how cider has been made since the beginning this is an incredibly clean approach they are making. Most cider would have horses around, being done in barns, with huge piles of old apples around, etc.
Did you get some of that pomace for your chickens? 😉
I got a bunch of cider... Pomace being driven up 400+ miles didn't seem like the best use of gas since the car was full and we've still got rotten apples up here :)
Let's see: white oak, ash and sugar maple?! This thing, if well cared for, could be used for many generations.
This design should be pressing cider for a few hundred years I would guess.
Very cool press. All that animal feed and compost lol.
Second :3
woah a montage. taking it to the next level! :)