Real Cider Forum Tag: cider apples

Real Cider Forum Tag: cider apples - Recent Topics http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/tags/cider-apples chat about cider and perry making online en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/search.php Torkard Cider on "Torkard Cider - True, Real, Nottinghamshire Cider." http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/torkard-cider-true-real-nottinghamshire-cider#post-64 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:11:45 +0000 Torkard Cider 64@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ We are artisan craft cider-makers based in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and uniquely make ciders using Nottinghamshire-grown apples *only*. "We" are a husband and wife team who spend quite a bit of time travelling the UK to visit cider-makers, large and small. We have been making cider for many years but only started to sell our ciders after being talked into it at a CAMRA festival (we are also long-standing CAMRA members) and of course after sorting out the legal formalities. We have so far won 5 "CAMRA Cider of the Festival" awards. We source all of our fruit from inside the county-boundaries of Nottinghamshire, much of the fruit we use we grow ourselves in our garden or small orchard; we have recently planted a further 36 cider-apple varieties and are planting a further 50+ cider-apple varieties this coming 2010 / 2011 winter (the latter are already heeled in and acclimatising, awaiting planting out). We also use fruit collected from other apple-growers and small-holders in Nottinghamshire, as well as wildings and crabs we find growing along the highways and byways of the county. We do not try to copy or ape ciders made in other parts of the UK; our aim is to produce the best clean-tasting ciders we can from locally-grown fruit. pomme man on "Clochard apples for cider making" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/clochard-apples-for-cider-making#post-12 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:22:50 +0000 pomme man 12@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Does anyone have any views concerning the suitability of Clochard apples for cider making? Now that we have purchased a crusher and a press, this year we have started making cider again. Most of our apple trees are Clochard and whilst this variety is held in high regard as an eater, we have been able to find nothing concerning its use for cider production. In the absence of other input, we'll find out next spring as we've already pressed four batches - there is about 300 litres of apple juice fermenting in the old bake house - and we reckon on making somewhere in excess of 500 litres when all the apples are down. Jim Callender on "Selling up to 6 tonnes of cider apples to a cider producer in the UK" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/selling-up-to-6-tonnes-of-cider-apples-to-a-cider-producer-in-the-uk#post-3 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:19:56 +0000 Jim Callender 3@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ If I sell a tonne of cider apples to a cider producer in the UK, how much am I likely to get for it? I live in Brittany, have 350 cider apple trees, of mixed variety, and am told maximum yield of 6 tonnes. For the price I got paid for them last year by the local cooperative, I am thinking it would be more cost effective for me to actually ship them to the UK!! Would be interested in an answer to my query if anyone has the time to indulge me! Many thanks, Lizzie <a href="mailto:nicolasmehta@hotmail.com">nicolasmehta@hotmail.com</a>