Now we have this place the first thing I did was plant an Apple orchard and a pear orchard, God only knows what I'm going to do with all the apples now, I planted all different juicing varieties.
I made myself a cider press a few years ago. I use a garden shredder to mulch the apples. With just my few trees and my neighbours single tree I usually get about 10 gallon. ( lasts me a few weeks and lovely).
Catching it at the right time during fermentation is the art of cider making in my view. I try to catch it at about 5% when it is not too dry. I have had some at 8% but it was to dry for m