Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Biz Storms" <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>]

Tom, 

Thanks for the info - such a great idea. I'll certainly follow up on this.
The bag thing is perfect. There's also a great opportunity to attempt to
compare liquid output with Hergots versus manual at home. Just out of
curiosity, of course.

Cheers, Bizmark.

-----Original Message-----
From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Olenio
Sent: 08 November 2006 16:00
To: Ontario Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [OFEX] grinding


Hi Biz,

I highly reccomend one of the cider mills west of Kitchener.  There is  
Hergots on Erb Street (between St Agatha and Waterloo), or the cider mill  
in Wellesly (sp?).  Same people who sell retail cider and juice at Zehrs.

Bring your apples, and have it pressed into pails or have them seal it in  
milk bags.  Cider in milk bags freezes beautifully.  I know Hergots has  
the bag machine.

It will all be done in an hour or two.  You need to make an appointment  
with both of these places.

I think there is a six bushel minimum.

Later,
Tom

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:16:10 -0500, Biz Storms <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>  
wrote:

>
> Hi Everyone
>
> So we actually have a grinder and press - but there are about 13 bushels  
> of
> apples waiting and softening - they're golden russets so they definitely
> need to soften. While there has been oodles written about the garburator
> (sp?) grinder on nafex, I'm hoping there's another solution or device  
> that I
> could consider to spare me from grinding 13 plus bushels - the long way.
>
> The golden russet cider we made last season was so yummy, this year we're
> going to quadruple the batch. I loved it since it didn't trigger a  
> headache
> like many other wines. A neighbour has a power grinder that he purchased
> from someone in or near Buffalo, and the ground bits are very small,  
> more so
> than the manual grinder.
>
> I'll give anything a try, since next year we're likely to have even more
> bushels to deal with.
>
> Cheers, Bizmark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas  
> Olenio
> Sent: 07 November 2006 18:09
> To: labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [OFEX] Press
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> The only tricky bit in making that press is attaching the pressing shaft.
> It is really easy.  See image.   tom
>
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