THE CIDER MILL
Old cider mill - Our old cider mill
The new mill. (on the front of my shop, can't quit the day
job)
We opened our new cider mill in 2009. As
you can see, the addition is not a large structure, but one
suited to the size of our orchard (3 acres). Since we are a
small operation we will not need a lot of space for
specialized equipment; just some basins and sinks, our new
grinder, our new water powered press, bushels of apples,
and a couple of refrigerators. Juice production on a human
scale.
We will be operating our mill as a retail level mill, no
wholesaling. This means that we can sell REAL APPLE CIDER,
unpasteurized, no preservatives, no additives, no
ultra-violet processing (raw). Just wonderful pure fresh
squeezed juice using only tree picked fruit.
The food police have convinced many that consuming raw
(milk, cider, etc) foods can and will cause serious
illness. According to the government the only foods that
are good for you are the ones that have been processed and
sterilized in some way. There is more and more evidence
that the tampering that we do with our food not only can
reduce the nutritional value of our foods, but also that
some of the processes and additives used are actually
harmful to our health.
Of course if we don't "treat" it with something it means we
have to put the "you are doomed if you consume this" label
on our bottles. That shouldn't stop people from enjoying
what apple cider should really taste like, in all of its
pro-biotic glory.
We are planning on doing pressings at least every weekend.
Since we will not need to process a whole lot of cider at
this point, the press may or may not be running during
business hours on a given weekend; but you are still
welcome to check out our operation.
We offer our organic, fresh sweet cider in half gallons. We
will offer a bulk price for 5 gallons (with your own
carboy)at a time for those who want juice for canning,
freezing, or for making hard cider. In the next few years
we will have more, different cultivars coming in to
production and will be able to offer those to people who
are looking for hard cider apples with specific
characteristics. In the meantime our basic blends do make
excellent "farm" hard cider (we can attest to that!).
Please call ahead to order bulk (5 gallons or more) volumes
of cider. Prices are at the bottom of our home page.
Cheers
The grinder.
Turns the apples into a nice chunky apple sauce. Made in
the USA by OESCO in Conway MA.
The press.
“water” press, made by Lanceman and imported from europe by
OESCO in Conway Ma.
Uses regular household water pressure to fill a rubber
water bladder in the center of the stainless cylinder that
presses the crushed apples (pomace) against the outside of
the cylinder. And then the cider runs out, turning it into
a big fountain.