Caroline, Karen and I spent a happy hour or two on Karen's allotment last saturday, completely filling a brew tub and a toy box with an assortment of wind-falls, conventionally-picked and "shake-fall" apples. (Hmm. Remind me we need to take cycle crash helmets next time!)
Here we are hard at work:
Karen.
The following day (Sunday), Caroline and I set to slicing pummelling and pressing.
I even made a specialist piece of equipment for the pummelling (officially known as "milling"). It's an ultra-modern hi-tech length of 3-by-2 with a length of broom handle through it. A kind of artificial foot - which I intend to use next year for "treading" the grapes!
The previous week's gallon I transferred to a demijohn, and I added a small sample of this fermenting "must" to the new batch, so as hopefully to preserve the generation of yeast. I'm still waiting for it to really get going, but it looks promising.
Here we are:
Caroline ...
... in somewhat more mirthful mode!
Me (well you know that!) with the amazing pummeller.
Assorted debris after pressing finished.
Beneath that piece of bubble-wrap (designed to keep the air out) is 2.5 gallons of apple juice.
Roll-on tasting time!
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