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Thanks for the comment. The growth was very spotty because of the lack of rain. I definitely want to try and do it early in the Season so we get more of the May/June rains!

@CideryFromScratch Thanks. Thinking of trying the same thing to improve soil on a small area before starting a garden.

Things are coming together :)

Thank you for the support!!

Also, does the bottling sugar carbonate the cider? Thanks again

@@josh-d2z hi Josh, I usually add 1.2grams of goferm per gallon of cider. The added sugar after fermentation is indeed meant for bottle carbonating the cider. The yeast will convert that sugar into CO2

@@CideryFromScratch Wonderful! Thank you for the response

@@josh-d2z happy to help

Thanks for the kind words!! We are happy to help the community :) The lower the temperature the better. Lower temps slow down fermentation and help develop a more complex cider. However, you can make cider in a vast range of temperatures. You just need to pick a yeast that can tolerate your fermentation temps. So 75-80 deg is acceptable as long as the yeast can withstand it

@@CideryFromScratch Thank you for your help! I'm planning on making my first batch of cider this weekend. I'm going to start by making 2.5 gallons in case I screw up. I have a packet of champagne yeast rated for 1-6 US gallons. Would you recommend using the whole packet or just half? And based on your answer, how much yeast nutrient should I use (it recommends 1-tsp per gallon? Thanks again...Cheers!

@@DaveH-d5b sounds like a good plan! I would follow the manufacturer recommendations and then tweak your methods as needed in future batches. For champagne yeast I usually add 1.2grams per gallon of cider and just 1gram of nutrient per gallon.

@@CideryFromScratch thank you! For bottling, can you use growlers with screw on tops or is that not recommend? I noticed you used bottle caps for yours.

@@DaveH-d5b flip tops, corks, or caps are the preferred method - we have tried reusing twist top wine bottles but the seal wasn’t good enough

Congrats on your first batch - you can use any juice to carbonate with as long as it has sugars and doesn’t have preservatives. However, be careful though because this is not for back-sweetening. The left over yeast in your finished product is going to eat all the sugars when they are added to the bottles and left to age.

I’m not sure if our way is the right way but it seemed to work, we found how many ounces of juice we needed to get 25g of sugar per gallon of cider. This was for carbonation not for back-sweetening. Hope this helps!

It does. Just wondering what your math was to figure out. Iam making my first batch and would rather use apple juice than other sugars thanks for your time.

If not us, definitely our kids :)

HOT FIRE 🔥

Thanks Dan! Lots of great memories made for sure! 🍎🍏

Thank you! Cheers! Something a little different

Yes absolutely!!! We were busy planting about 2000 trees this year however we plan on grafting from our micro-orchard next year!!

It’s crazy….we only got one apple last year and now we have tons hahhahaha

Not yet..but we are looking forward to trying many this fall

Thank you, Pete! It’s fun to see our hard work start to pay off with some apples!!🍎

Very cool insight! Thanks for sharing, i definitely will try that, especially if it seems to be working for you guys. I also noticed that we lost quite a few of the apples to wind so maybe they have a good natural selection process

Its almost looking like a productive orchard! We have just over 2,000 trees if you count the micro orchard :)

Us too!

Thanks for watching!! First gala recipe has your name on it! 🍎

Thank you for watching! We couldn’t have done it without our support system for sure!

I remember when he used to spray the few backyard apple trees in climax :)

@@CideryFromScratch omg yes!

We actually rented it from a farm supply store. You can also build one out of 2x4s and thick heavy duty bolts - we built one after this and it worked well, was able to stretch a 200 ft section without any issues

We thought it would take 3 days to plant the trees and finish the trellis wire but we had a great team….finished in 2 days!!!

Thanks!

Soon we will be asking for orchard advice!! Thanks for watching

🥰🥰 now all we need are some apples 🍎 🍏

Us too!!!

Yes and lots of fun! Thank you for all the help

It’s hard to get all of this done and record!! Hopefully, we get time in the coming months to edit some orchard walk through videos and such :)

Thanks Dan!! Busy times ahead :)

This cider is going to be Dry, no residual sugar. Therefore, no risk of bottle bombs!

Hello and thanks for the comment!! On level ground we placed our posts 18ft apart, whenever we had an elevation change we put the fence post much closer together around 12ft! Bekaert and some of the other fencing companies have guides on their website to help you determine your spacing based on distance and materials :)

Thank you!! We are glad you enjoyed it :)

Hi!! It’s a cordless gas cartridge and battery combo! Very handy out in the farm - we rented it for $50/month. Paslode is the brand

Hi, I would say no - the yeast does not have a very high ABV tolerance - it’s meant for lower alcohol production

@@CideryFromScratch Ok, is good to know. I am diluting concentrate by 1: 3 or 1:4. Should be ok. Only one way to find out.

It was fun to make!! We are glad you enjoyed it

@@CideryFromScratch Btw, after the fermentation is done, you added apple juice. did this help with carbonizing? and is the apple cider still sweet after half year or so?

The juice they added back was for carbonation, as their yeast was still active in the bottles (they didn't add anything to neutral the yeast when bottling so no backsweetening occurred either from the juice).

Interesting, our fertilizer vendor specifically said it was very bad for the orchard

Yeah and your herbicide vendor will tell you to spray poison on your farm

Yeah and your herbicide vendor will tell you to spray poison on your farm

Yeah and your herbicide vendor will tell you to spray poison on your farm

Yeah and your herbicide vendor will tell you to spray poison on your farm

Good question, I would say about 1.5 hrs but we haven’t specifically timed it.