Cider Saturday 2022

Ciderday

We will be hosting our annual Ciderday event on Saturday November 5th

We will be bringing in a blend of apples from the foothills of North Carolina. We will determining the blend from Red Delicious and Granny Smith to create a delicious blend for making a hard cider or simply enjoyable as freshly pressed juice.

We will bring in between 5 and 4 tons of apples that will need to be crushed and pressed. We will start crushing about 8:30am on that Saturday. We will be utilizing our 2-ton crusher and our tow (2) 120 liter bladder presses which should make the process go pretty fast.

You can pre-order the juice and save money. Juice will be $7 on the day of the event but you can pre-order at $6 per gallon. Pre-Order Discounts extend through Nov 4th at noon.

Conditions have been more favorable this year than last year but there is a lot of demand for apples because of the growing popularity of commercial ciders. Gallon jugs and pails will be available for purchase so bring your own containers and save money. FREE ADDITIVES will be available with the purchase of juice on Ciderday.

If you are ordering juice for the first time, it is best to plan on making either 6 gallons in order to end up with a full 5 gallon carboy or 4 gallons to end up with a full 3 gallon batch. Apples and apple juice tend to oxidize quickly, illustrated by a browning of the fruit or browning of the juice; therefore, maintaining FULL carboys in the final stage are highly recommended.

We will start dispensing of the cider around 10:30.

If you arrive early, you can help with the culling, filling pails with apples.