THANK YOU!!! FINALLY A NORMAL PERSON SHOWING THE ACTUAL NATURAL WAY TO MAKE CIDER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! WE'RE MAKING ALL SORTS OF APPLE GOODIES ON MY FARM CHANNEL OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS! CAN'T WAIT!
@ha-pe8jt2 жыл бұрын
No need to shout
@DAEDRICDUKE12 жыл бұрын
@@ha-pe8jt WHAT DID YOU SAY!?
@catrionafewster949611 жыл бұрын
Great,clear instructions! Have my first demijon full and ready to go. Have used a combination of apples and pears, all windfalls, some found on the roadside which is quite amazing being in Croydon! Thank you for the encouragement.
@thewessexbretwalda58655 жыл бұрын
Extremely useful video, I’m currently fermenting a few gallons of farmhouse cider thanks to this help, thanks from Somerset!
@sbpsychology11092 жыл бұрын
Just got a press and this is exactly what I need! Thank you!
@Tullinia4 жыл бұрын
Great simple approach, I have looked at tons of videos about cider and this is the best, thanks.
@paulfromcleveland58717 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cottage in the background.
@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi95753 жыл бұрын
me gonna plant some apple trees now. lol. but seriously, this is without a doubt the first cider vid i've seen that gives very clear instructions from start to finish, and doesn't say things like "check this other video for more details on this or that" and doesn't try to herd viewers to a commercial site to buy unnecessary products that complicate the process. i'd give you a pound or three just for this demystified version, except we're a few thousand miles away and i won't send money in the mail. i guess a simple thank you is the best i can offer.
@HuwRichards13 жыл бұрын
@4GreenEarth2 The fresh juice will ferment in 2-3 days if left in a bottle or demi-john. If you want to keep it longer, freeze it in fruit juice tetra-packs (the rectangular fruit-juice cartons - ideally with resealable top). It is also possible to pasteurise by slowly bringing glass bottles to simmering point in a large pot, but I tend to avoid storing juice in glass bottles just in case it ferments and explodes! Alternatively drink within 2-3 days!
@Our-cornwall-life2 жыл бұрын
This video is absolutely brilliant easily the best video on cider making online 😊❤️ thank you so much 😊 will definitely be subscribing x
@chrissmith75006 жыл бұрын
Best video yet just ordered my press thanks for your video it's most helpful I've shared it on my Facebook page top quality thank you
@judifarrington946111 ай бұрын
Wow! I’ve never seen this done before. It looks really good! Thanks!
@cyborbot5478 жыл бұрын
I don't have a press butt I do have a juicer and a blender for extracting the juice.Thanks for sharing
@rajkanwar72593 жыл бұрын
Thanks Huw -All your videos are brilliant currently working through how to make your own planters and compost bins and found this
@rockyhill_homestead3 жыл бұрын
we found that bashing with the post was actually faster than using the grinder, but of course more physical exertion, but not too much exertion that we couldn't crush 400 pounds... so worth the try if you are thinking about it! Cheers! Love the channel!
@AlbertaUrbanGarden10 жыл бұрын
Huw I just found this excellent episode ! I'm a big cider man and will be releasing my 2014 cider video on Sunday. I have to get a press like yours my friend ! I just use a cold press's juicer and it takes forever !
@HighDesertGarden10 жыл бұрын
Your dad is great.
@HuwRichards10 жыл бұрын
***** Thank you very much! I have just seen it and looks delicious!
@AlbertaUrbanGarden10 жыл бұрын
excellent! i can't wait to open it up in a few more weeks!
@dixieboy56893 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !! Thanks from MAINE , USA
@chefgiovanni6 жыл бұрын
That fresh apple juice looks divine. Cheers from across the pond.
@sralp70027 жыл бұрын
Home-made. Very practical. Thank you!
@jamesmckirdy_fastishloris11 ай бұрын
I was in Wales in May - Aberystwyth and Caernarfon for some hiking and visiting. I had a bottle of cider at my hosts place. It was brilliant. Hence my foray into cider making. The mass produced stuff is getting too sweet for our taste.
@LogicallySoundMM4 жыл бұрын
True British style... no Bullshit. Cuts to the chase .. love it mate ..
@reddogales90297 жыл бұрын
A fine tutorial. I've got some of those fence posts.. will give it a bash with some Pears in a few weeks. Thanks for sharing. Subbed 👍🏼
@HuwRichards7 жыл бұрын
+RedDog Brewer Thank you very much for watching and also your kind words! I hope you enjoy it! :)
@chadbierman80582 жыл бұрын
thanks! I was sitting in my room wondering how they make an apple into delicious cider. Now I now!
@jimyost25855 жыл бұрын
Apple wine is far superior to apple cider. The main downside to making it is that it takes five times longer to make it than it does to make apple cider (i.e. 9 - 12 months vs 9 - 12 weeks). But the wait is worth it. I'm a wine maker and the way I make apple wine is to cut the apples into sixths or eighths (core and all, and not peeled or de-stemmed) and grind them in a big meat grinder with the biggest open blade. Then I pour the mash into a brew bucket and keep refilling it until I get the level up to the 2 1/2 gallon mark. Then I add water up to the 5 gallon mark (spring water or well water, NOT tap water or reverse osmosis water). Then I add eight pounds of sugar and take a hydrometer reading. I almost always have to add more sugar (I want the hydrometer reading to be 13.5% potential alcohol). I always shoot for ending up with six gallons of must, because I'll lose at least a gallon of volume when I strain out the pulp. Then I follow the instructions in the recipes posted by the wine making gurus (e.g. Jack Keller's website).
@anngamula26027 жыл бұрын
Good video, easy to understand, interesting & inspirational. Thank You very much.
@HuwRichards7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Ann!
@sirplank6564 Жыл бұрын
Only thing I’d say is when and if you do use a wooden pole to bash the apples, make sure you soak it in either water or apple juice as the wood could soak up up to 50% of the yields juice in the bucket
@HomicideHenry5 жыл бұрын
You and maybe two others on KZbin show the wild fermentation process. It really is that simple. Also, if you add sugar to the cider, it'll give you a sweet cider because the wild fermentation eats up the natural sugars.
@Dinckelburg4 жыл бұрын
It's my understanding that the yeast will begin to consume the fructose from the apples first but will eventually move on to the sucrose. The yeast may not reproduce in great enough volumes to consume all of the sugar before the alcohol kills them off, though I have no idea how much sugar you'd need to add for that to happen.
@chrisinselwyn7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this vid, I found it really helpful. I'm a few days into my first cider and looking forward to my next press :)
@HuwRichards7 жыл бұрын
Chris Owen No problem I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Best of luck with your cider!
@janjamiljesic30534 жыл бұрын
I loved it's nice easy recepie
@matthewdickson7838 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video thankyou explained in layman's terms at last spot on 🍺🍺🍺🍺
@allanjechorek43812 жыл бұрын
The nice thing about any homemade alcoholic beverage is no hangover as long as you don’t overindulge. It’s all the chemicals used for quick fermentation in mass produced store bought beverages that causes it.
@1goodmann2 жыл бұрын
More so sugar content. You could have five beers and be fine, but, 5 jeagers and you might get a hangover. Its all about the sugar.
@jamesmckirdy_fastishloris11 ай бұрын
I liked the video 👏. I appreciate that you keep things simple with minimal overhead. And I love that apple (fruit) press - but one of such quality appears to be hard to come by in 🇨🇦. I have a question. Once you rack your farmhouse cider into bottles is there any bottle conditioning required? Also I presume if you are adding a bit of sugar for a sparkling cider you would let it condition for a few weeks. 🍻🥂
@Bitternov6 жыл бұрын
VERY COOL!!!! I love cider.
@coletteobasi35544 жыл бұрын
I’m a novice at cider making. I have read that you need Camden tablets and yeast nutrient but you don’t appear to have used any ! I don’t know how to use the airlock or how to fill it with water so can you show this when you update the video next time? Would adding sugar to the pulp before adding yeast help sweeten the cider or would that just give the yeast more to feast on ? I found the video very helpful indeed.
@ash82154 жыл бұрын
Is this likely to blow my head off or is there a rule of thumb as to how strong in terms of alcohol you make it? Can’t wait to try it. I got the gear to make wine from my grape vine a few years back. Manage around 38ltrs but it all spoiled. I was heartbroken so next I’m trying the cider and your video has definitely spurred me on. Less complicated than wine making.
@ninjadog5800 Жыл бұрын
most yeast can't get past 10-15%
@sallybennett7869 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial Huw, I shall be busy this week!
@lillosro7 жыл бұрын
Best cider video ever
@SolarMumuns Жыл бұрын
If you want to skip the labour intensive bashing, cut the apples then freeze them. When they thaw they are quite mushy which makes them much easier to press.
@HuwRichards Жыл бұрын
Great Tip! :)
@josho64253 жыл бұрын
If say you wanted to add cinnamon stick or all spice and vanilla to flavor a apple pie wine or hard cider. When do you add it in. Before? After? Last 30 days? Also Does it mess with fermentation? Creat something dangerous? If added in the days of fermentation does it stop and kill the yeast. Not enough info out there lol. Have apple trees near us and made apple cider. It was amazing. Like to start a hobby after watching your video.
@apollo.k27 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video. Thank you for sharing. Got a question though, once bottled, does it have an expiration?
@decadentanciennebourgeoisie7 жыл бұрын
No, its alcoholic ... you can age it as long as you want. what he shows is the process of wine making.
@jimsmith3971 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@TheThor27457 жыл бұрын
Great Cider Making Video Guys.... Well done, I might give it a go....
@daimyo2k7 жыл бұрын
Best video on cider making I've seen yet. Thank you. Question... how do you keep the cider from fermenting/turning into vinegar??
@paul98137 жыл бұрын
pasteurize it
@rok23832 жыл бұрын
@@paul9813 or drink it before it does so.
@thcrtn4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Im going to try to do some unripe apples and mix them with ripe apples.
@brizlone40672 жыл бұрын
1st two year I used the basher like you showed but I up graded to a garbage disposal that I attached to a plastic fish cleaning table made much easier
@mjwnmlvcr3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I have recently followed this method and pleased to say that the cider is fermenting naturally. When bottling and adding sugar to make the cider fizzy; will the sugar dissolve completely and will the sugar increase the alcohol content??? Thanks 😊
@J87Visuals2 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@garethrose30877 жыл бұрын
Fantastic vid, simplest one I've seen, so you don't have to add all sorts of stuff to it, only if fermentation doesn't work....everything still needs to be sterilized first though?
@markmcconway14112 жыл бұрын
Great video - I like it!
@conlaiarla4 жыл бұрын
That post looks like it is treated against rot. Hmm not sure about that . Othwise a great simple informative video. Thank you.
@PaulyC88798 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, thanks!
@philbeck38222 жыл бұрын
Thank you excellent video. What do you do for sterilisation of equipment? I’m trying cider making for the first time.
@thedr006 жыл бұрын
A very nice and helpful video, thank you for sharing it. 1 question: How would you extract the juice if you don't have a cider press?
@Steampunk_Ocelot4 жыл бұрын
Maybe try gently blitzing in a food processor?
@anna_s_n2 жыл бұрын
thank you
@Bernieclark457 жыл бұрын
Well done. I like it.
@photonomist6345 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video - very useful. I have been fermenting a couple of demijohns of cider and after a couple of weeks the fermenting seems to have finished as there are no more bubbles coming through the water. The cider is still very cloudy. I think that I understand from your video that I should leave the demijohns as they are for a further month or more before syphoning off to plastic bottles, at which point I can choose between fizzy or flat cider by adding a teaspoon of sugar to a 1.5 litre plastic bottle for fizzy and nothing for flat cider. I wonder whether you would be kund enough to confirm whether I have understood correctly. Thank you and greetings from Newcastle Emlyn, also in West Wales!
@alleycat58uk9 жыл бұрын
Really nice video, thanks for taking the time to make it. Can I ask what type of cloth you use to line the press? I'm looking at making a press to squeeze cheeses and I'm struggling to source the cloth.
@randalleasley11116 жыл бұрын
alleycat58uk cheese cloth works best
@bradleycooper5436 Жыл бұрын
I’m picking apples off the ground and I noticed they turn a colour and get soft and smell like cider. Should I let them get soft before I mash them also can I use yeast from the Apples instead of buying yeast
@rjgriffiths2611 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for posting. How easy is cider making!?! I'm gonna have a go
@ninjadog5800 Жыл бұрын
Would it still work if I didn't put a lock on but I just screw a lid on instead
@chazchaz65695 жыл бұрын
Do you use the same 'basher' from year to year and how and when do you clean it? Thank you.
@deannjohnson90042 жыл бұрын
Fantastic intro to cider making. Just one question, if I'm looking for a carbonated cider, do I seal it tight right after bottling it?
@ciaranboyle3113 жыл бұрын
Is the fence post treated with preservative.surely that's toxic??
@adamovicmtb92214 жыл бұрын
thank you so much!!!
@Urra408 жыл бұрын
Very helpful Thanks
@didic6470 Жыл бұрын
I was told the pips contain cyanide so have always cored my apples before juicing. Are the pips not an issue
@hazmat57494 жыл бұрын
Can you use 100% cooking apples, maybe add some extra sugar the juice?
@envueltoenplastico5 жыл бұрын
What happens if you just bung up the demijohn without a fermentation lock? Or Is that a very bad idea? :D
@pleasestandby59545 жыл бұрын
It will probably explode
@envueltoenplastico5 жыл бұрын
@@pleasestandby5954 haha! indeed :) found a bung with a hole in the end so I won't risk it ;)
@pleasestandby59545 жыл бұрын
@@envueltoenplastico Good luck with your brewing! Just starting some myself. Probably not the right blend of apples but hey ho
@R8films6 жыл бұрын
Great video this. Thanks.
@Matty187954 жыл бұрын
Would mixing in some blackberries or strawberries be ok or could that spoil it. Im not sure how mixed fruit ciders are actually made. Thanks
@1goodmann2 жыл бұрын
Hi, does not leaving it on the sediment for so long not give it off flavours? I take mine off the dead yeast soon as it drops to 1. cheers
@lacihalasz4 жыл бұрын
Do you need to clean that press right away because of fruit acid a that metal thread contact or not? Tnx
@steamcleana_69183 жыл бұрын
Good stuff
@HomsteadingThePioneerWay9 жыл бұрын
thanks for this instructiun
@ellenthomas480011 жыл бұрын
Hi Huw. I live in Somerset and I am very interested in different varieties of apples. This year I have potentially acquired access to somerset cider varieties like kingston black and dabinett so I am hopeful of a good year! I use an undersink macerator instead of the fence post - apart from that I do exactly like you. The trees down here are loaded with fruit - can't wait. Would you be kind enough to publish the welsh varieties you mention at the beginning of the clip. happy pressing. Richard
@shobadezilva55029 жыл бұрын
very clea and good work
@elwiaduposzewska96599 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. What material is made of a filter?
@janvanreenen81062 жыл бұрын
welk ras appels kasn ik het beste gebruiken voo appelwijn?
@jwgitface4 жыл бұрын
I only have access to normal apples i.e. non cider apples, and have been making cider your way the last 2 years , however , it is very bland and virtually tasteless , is there any way to give it some added flavour? I use 70% eating apples 20% cooking apples and 10% crab , I check the acidity etc but is so insipid it is not wort the effort of making it.
@stirlingsilver88805 жыл бұрын
Quick tip to viewers. Do Not use a metal strainer!! Do not let cider come in contact with any metallic objects. Use plastic just as demonstrated🙏
@VvERingmustmOneven5 жыл бұрын
the center of the press looks to be metal though...
@stirlingsilver88805 жыл бұрын
@@VvERingmustmOneven vinegar can be corrosive to metals
@infinityverse86211 ай бұрын
Where i cn get this press fruit and these nice bottles?
@HuwRichards12 жыл бұрын
It starts to turn alcoholic if you just leave the juice in a bottle or a demi-john. It should be another video :) Thanks
@cyberblock76195 жыл бұрын
Isnt pulp good for making alcohol cause it has more yeast?
@TroelsThorsen6 жыл бұрын
Great video :D
@lacihalasz5 жыл бұрын
Well it's like an apple wine , i mean what's the differences between those two drinks ? And what about apple vinegar?
@Dinckelburg4 жыл бұрын
Apple wine has a higher percentage of alcohol, typically due to the addition of sugars and specialist yeasts. Hard cider is fermented apple juice. Apple cider vinegar isn't necessarily made from hard cider, it has different organisms that produce a lactic, sour enzyme.
@4GreenEarth213 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is the first time I'm seeing pure apple cidar ^_^ The ones that's sold at the store looks a little pale compare to the colors on this one. How long can you store fresh apple cidar?
@andyfielding564 жыл бұрын
I hope the basher/fence post is not made from tanalised timber.
@sweetmemories15245 жыл бұрын
Dose it need anything else to store it for no bad smells
@19Taras795 жыл бұрын
it was very cool)
@nacholibre19622 жыл бұрын
5:07 Watch that lisp 😀
@metalman41412 жыл бұрын
Can I use crab apples ?
@pegknife6 жыл бұрын
Is that a Tanalised fence post ?
@gerrywalsh76775 жыл бұрын
What about the vinegar fly . I have black spots on my apples Can I use them?
@starshot51725 жыл бұрын
They should all just die. The yeast will do the rest
@McRumpel5 жыл бұрын
where can i buy the stick and the rag?
@bwghall15 жыл бұрын
shop back side of moon. shut 8 days a week.
@mufc99ok11 жыл бұрын
hi how do you determine the strength of the cider i like to make my own , where would you come across a press like yours
@Flowerbox19907 жыл бұрын
What could I substitute for a fence post?
@HuwRichards7 жыл бұрын
Try a spade or shovel
@ebonyhudson13207 жыл бұрын
Flowerbox1990 rbrhhdv my dad a lot of time a lot of good I got a lot of green Rutherford
@henryridley-cook78906 жыл бұрын
I used a sledge hammer, wrapped in a plastic bag to keep it clean. Worked okay-ish
@davejohnson33766 жыл бұрын
A gate post.
@sonofedward24946 жыл бұрын
I use a sanitized axe. Then bash it
@user-rd8vr8ir8n5 ай бұрын
Дробление яблок дрыном это нечто!...
@cheetaraneenja2465 Жыл бұрын
What size are you demijons?
@natbabe65893 жыл бұрын
Huw what apples did you use ?
@WIZARDSOLUTIONS8 жыл бұрын
hi,that looks hard work if you want to make 40 gallons.
@notinterested84529 жыл бұрын
nice.
@AbundanceHomestead5 жыл бұрын
Diolch!!
@miahamilll74678 жыл бұрын
Where did you get the cider press from?
@decadentanciennebourgeoisie7 жыл бұрын
The juice extraction method doesnt really matter :\
@bwghall15 жыл бұрын
use an old spin drier. pulp in a pillowcase. place in dryer job done.