Make Cider Sweet or Hard from Fresh Apples

Making Hard Cider

Hard cider was once the drink of choice in early America. Today, sweet cider is enjoyed at harvest time and the hard stuff is making a comeback. The secret to making sweet or hard cider is the blending of apples at pressing time.

A balanced blend of sweet and tart apples is needed. Hard or sweet, it's another great activity to enjoy at home. Unfortunately for the home cider and apple wine maker, the addition of stabilizers to fresh pressed apple cider is becoming common. This is being done to extend the products shelf life. Cider which has been treated in this way will spoil before it ferments.

CIDER SWEET & HARD $14.95
Discover the pleasure of making and drinking fresh cider with this complete, guide to sweet or hard cider. 216 pg. by Proulx and Nichols

THE BEST APPLE CIDER $3.95
Instructions, recipes for sweet or hard cider. 32 pg. by A. Proulx

Cider Pressing Equipment
APPLE CRUSHER $195.95
Made with heavy-duty, cast iron construction our new Vintners Best Apple Crusher includes a wooden mounting base that can be mounted horizontally on a table or vertically on a corner wall. The wood drum has stainless steel crushing blades and stainless steel chute. An easy-to-turn handle makes crushing large quantities of fruit quick and effortless. The crusher measures 16” x 12.8” x 18” and is backed with a limited one year manufacturer's warranty.

APPLE CRUSHER AND FRUIT PRESS $459.95
This deal brings you a total package. The No.25 Fruit and Grape press is just the right size for pressing out 5 and 10 gallon batches of cider as well as any other fruit including grapes. Includes re-usable pressing bag. Basket is 10" x 14".

Hard Cider Making Equipment
5 GALLON CIDER EQUIPMENT $99.95
Complete equipment package for making 5 gallons of your favorite hard cider from any concentrate or fresh fruit. You get a 6.5 gallon primary fermenter with air tight lid, 5 gallon glass carboy, airlock stopper, airlock, hydrometer, siphon hose set, bottling bucket with spigot, bottle filling wand, bottle cleaning brush, sanitizing chemicals, bottle caps, bottle capper, Campden tablets, wine yeast and Making the Best Apple Cider book. Also suited to homebrewing too! HERE'S HOW TO MAKE HARD CIDER

ONE GALLON FRUIT WINERY $39.95
Are you looking for a way to use all of your backyard garden produce? This equipment package includes 2 gl. primary fermenter, 1 gl. glass secondary fermenter, reusable fruit straining bag, stopper and air lock, siphon hose, bottle corker and corks. You also get 100 recipes for cider and wine made from fresh fruit, herbs, grapes and more with all of the chemicals needed to make any type of wine and three packets of fruit wine yeast.