hey paul, great video. I have been making cider here in the US for several years. I have been doing smaller volumes in plastic buckets or glass carboys. I wanted to try to use a barrel this year and I was wondering a few things. In my experience the primary fermentation can be fairly messy, so do you empty some cider from the barrel to leave headspace? And if so, how do you deal with that empty space during aging? Perhaps it is not something to worry about but in the brewing I have done so far, leaving excessive air in the aging vessel can lead to acetobacter or other spoilage. Furthermore, what is the timing on bottling? Do you bottle at one point in the year, and if so when? In the video you mention that the cider that is leftover from bottling becomes the calvados, but did you bottle immediately before distilling or was that a long time prior? Just curious. Thanks!
So you have a truck that drives around making cider for villagers...its like an ice cream truck for adults
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Wonderful! what co-operative way to process the apples! hope it all got drunk! you needed an extra barrel.
Really wonderful video! Is this a business or for family consumption?
Also, do they pitch a separate yeast for the fermentation?
Strictly family consumption.
So the Supposedly 3 Rules in Making Cider is Cleanliness, Cleanliness & Cleanliness. I'm just not seeing it. Makes me Wonder 🤔
hey paul, great video. I have been making cider here in the US for several years. I have been doing smaller volumes in plastic buckets or glass carboys. I wanted to try to use a barrel this year and I was wondering a few things. In my experience the primary fermentation can be fairly messy, so do you empty some cider from the barrel to leave headspace? And if so, how do you deal with that empty space during aging? Perhaps it is not something to worry about but in the brewing I have done so far, leaving excessive air in the aging vessel can lead to acetobacter or other spoilage.
Furthermore, what is the timing on bottling? Do you bottle at one point in the year, and if so when? In the video you mention that the cider that is leftover from bottling becomes the calvados, but did you bottle immediately before distilling or was that a long time prior? Just curious.
Thanks!
Go raibh mhaith agat as Eireann. Viva Normandy.
Where in France are you?
is your camera lens dirty or does the bottom half of my computer screen need cleaning? jus' sayin'...
It's probably a splash of apple juice!