Cider Saturday 2020

Ciderday

We will be hosting our annual Ciderday event on  Saturday November 14th

We will be bringing in a blend of apples from the foothills of North Carolina. We will determining the blend from Arkansas Black, Granny Smith, Cameos, Gala, Fuji, Gold Rush and Pink Ladies that should 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 $5.99 on the day of the event but you will be able to save 15% if you pre-order. We usually have additional cider available after the event; however, last year we ran out on Monday following the event.

You may also consider pre-ordering White Labs cider yeast or Wyeast Labs Cider yeast because we keep a representative quantity on hand to keep it fresh.

Conditions have been more favorable this year than last year and the harvest has been a good yield so we have been able maintain our price of $5.99 per gallon when you supply the container with the 15% savings for pre-ordering before November 12th. 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.

Alternative Beverage has arranged for Hardin Hill Bar-B-Q to have barbeque chicken and Boston butts available for this event. You can even pre-order barbeque to take home.