Re: [MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-08 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
We went out to a Catoctin Mtn. orchard and picked up a peck of Nittany "culls". Very tart and intriguing. On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 8:21 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yup. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 7:07 PM Buggered Benzmail via

Re: [MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yup. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 7:07 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Leave that stuff sit for a week or two THEN enjoy it! > > I remember when I was in high school I’d get my mom to buy a gallon of the > fresh sqeezins, drink a bit then

Re: [MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-07 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Atta Boy! The best fortified cider I have made was with apples pushed through one of those. Guy I picked up some kia pahtz for BiL from had seven or eight heritage trees and found out I make cider, so we got two carboys full. Used champagne yeast and second ferment in bottles. It was like

Re: [MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Leave that stuff sit for a week or two THEN enjoy it! I do not care for that, this'll be gone in a day or so. My brother reminds me that our peak production was maybe 200 gallons a day. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Leave that stuff sit for a week or two THEN enjoy it! I remember when I was in high school I’d get my mom to buy a gallon of the fresh sqeezins, drink a bit then leave it sit in the fridge awhile until it got a bit “tart” and then I’d start drinking it again! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Nov 7,

Re: [MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Great job Jim i grew up where farmers pressed a lot of cider. Much of it for hard cider. Your next project? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 6:35 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > My wife and I have been helping distribute food-bank food recently, and > this last batch had

[MBZ] OT: juice

2020-11-07 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
My wife and I have been helping distribute food-bank food recently, and this last batch had a LOT of apples, some 250#. Surprisingly, we were able to move most of it, but some of us brought home a 5# bag. Not being big apple eaters, and having already bought some for the fruit bowl, I decided to