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Post by bodger on Feb 9, 2009 14:29:12 GMT
Hi, my name is Bodger. Is there any chance of Admin creating a new section where newbies like myself can introduce themselves ? I'm from North Wales and have been making hobby amounts of cider for about the last four years. I've been getting my apples from the twenty or so eating apples that we have and by begging various sorts of eating apples from friends and neighbours. A few days before last Christmas, I took the plunge and planted 60 bush cider trees, 30 Kingston Blacks and 30 Dabinett and I've been fighting to keep the rabbits off them ever since I really hope that this forum takes off, because I'm going to need a lot of help and advice. I live in a bit of a cider wilderness.
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Post by Frank Blades on Apr 3, 2009 8:57:26 GMT
Consider your request actioned!
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Post by Frank Blades on Apr 3, 2009 9:05:03 GMT
North Wales is not totally a cider wilderness - depending on where in North Wales you are, of course. You might consider getting in contact with Steve Hughes in Llandegla near Wrexham; maker of Rosie's Triple D Cider - contact details are on Old Scrump Cider House website at www.somersetmade.co.uk/oldscrump/ciderfarms/rosiestripled.phpHe's a new cider maker (since 2004) - but already an award-winning cider maker; so I guess he's also a fast learner! Also, I would advise joining Cymdeithas Seidr Cymru www.welshcider.co.uk - a nice bunch of guys who would make you most welcome. Keep us informed of your successes (and problems!), and I hope to be drinking your ciders soon!
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Post by magnerspear on Jul 7, 2009 13:25:13 GMT
Hi there guys! Nice to meet you all! I'm Jess, new here! I wanted to take the chance to introduce myself and I'm really looking forward to chatting :-). I live in London (UK) I am mad about music, going out to gigs, clubbing, listening, composing and of course rocking out on guitar hero! I also like lots of girly stuff, shopping and getting all jazzed up for a night out, be it pub, restaurant, club or cinema. I love horse-riding too, and have 2 horses that take up lots of my time. Hmmm... I also love watching movies, though not that into television (other than lost!) I work with Magners and am quite partial to a nice cold cider at the end of the day. I think thats about it - Thanks for having me here :-) x
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Post by ikoma on Oct 25, 2009 12:30:24 GMT
hello there ! im new my name is Danny, living in denmark used to be a rather boring IT nerd spending my youth nearly underground hooked up to cyberspace but thoes days are over now iv moved to the country here in denmark and theres so meny things to do in the near by forests/lakes the neighbors are great and willing to hand me some apples aswell so thats why im here after finding my new love for making the old scrumpy! hope we'll have a great time here and alot of good talks and what not maybe a meeting at a wassail somewhere in england : ) so thats about it.. hope we all get along abit wierd introduction but i hope its okay !
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Post by kmsflyer on Nov 14, 2009 21:10:11 GMT
hi there. I am so glad that i found this site. I am a lifetime cider lover, born in West Dorset but brought up in London. I live between the UK and Italy, and I have spent a couple of days this week taking a couple of American friends around Somerset/Dorset and introducing them to the pleasures of Cider, Perry and Cider Brandy. Looking forward to sending time here. Without Cider Vinegar, I would have a whole load of problems !
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Post by 1022 on Dec 1, 2009 21:11:03 GMT
Hi nice to meet you I,ve aways drunk dry cider having been brought up in devon . I live in Bucks near MK and have been making my own cider for 20 years .I make 45 or 90 galls (depends on how many barrels are empty)and drink it after 2 years. Does it make me an alcoholic if I say I drink most of it my self
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Post by jon on Mar 23, 2010 17:10:44 GMT
Only been into 'the rough' stuff for past couple of years, since staying in Somerset. Love it. Take a trip up there from Cornwall regularly, just to pick a supply up !!!! Really rate, Wilkins, West Croft, Hecks and Bennetts. In fact off up there this week as run dry !!!!
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Post by keg on Aug 27, 2010 20:38:45 GMT
Hi i am keg (old nickname thx to my love of cider) i am from devon home of some good cider in its day and still is if you know where to look been a cider head all my life did giveup for a bit was into the old fighting cider (or thats what it use to do to me back then)
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Post by yodah on Sept 20, 2010 11:20:06 GMT
Hi Guys My name's Duncan living in Derbyshire and just started up a new online business combining my 2 talents; website design and cider drinking!! Not sure if we're allowed to advertise on here but I'm sure you'll love what's on offer! Cheers Duncan Cider Club UK www.ciderclubuk.co.uk
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Post by iowbiker on Dec 6, 2010 22:00:21 GMT
hi.i,m trev from the isle of wight.this is my first year of cider making and the first 2 gallons were brilliant,however i have made another 5 gallons and i,m not sure of the results.it is in a five gallon plastic barrel with a tap which at present is residing in the kitchen atop of a disused rayburn cooker.we noticed the other day the tap was leaking slightly and the cider was running down the rayburn.on trying to wipe it off a realised that it had actually eaten the stove enamelling away!i know this stuff is oft called paint stripper but i appear to have made some that works.it was made mainly from cooking apples,variety unknown.at present the gravity is about 1008.it taste really sharp but is quite clear and very light in colour.any constructive advice would be greatly appreciated as i,m not sure whether to drink it or sell it to a painter &decorator!
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Post by bytesmiths on Jan 4, 2011 0:35:52 GMT
I'm Jan, in British Columbia, Canada.
I've been a lover of hard cider since my youth (in Michigan), when I used to put a packet of baking yeast into a gallon jug of apple juice and put it on the back of the refrigerator to brew.
I lived in East Anglia for a while, and became re-acquainted with cider -- mostly "name" cider like Widmer. There weren't any "micro-brew" ciders in East Anglia at the time.
Now I'm on a 43 acre farm with a dozen century-old pear trees. A few of them are great eating pears (sekels) but one of the trees produces prodigious amounts of huge (500g to 1,000g) hard, bitter, green pears. For a few years, we've tried to do things with them -- pear sauce (bitter and grainy), baked (sour and grainy), storage (turned from hard and green to mouldy mush in a very short time). Most of them got fed to animals.
This tree produces over a ton of pears! So we really want to find something useful to do with it.
This year, something different: we pressed most of them, and ended up with 120 litres of juice. I pitched six packets of Lalvin EC-1118 and put a gas trap on the 120 litre blue plastic barrel. I plan to add some raw milk whey when the bubbling stops, to do a malic-lactic fermentation.
Wish me luck on this batch of perry!
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Post by devonianinjapan on Jan 12, 2011 14:14:40 GMT
Hello,
My name is Rupert. Originally from Devon, but been settled in Japan for the last 7 years.
Prior to coming over here, I was in Brighton for a while, and nearby, near Lewis is the `English Cider Centre` at Middle Farm, where I rekindled my love of the drink. Too many to name and most I`d forgotten by the next morning, but Sam`s Devon medium was my favourite to sup on.
So here I am, son of a publican, finally getting into brewing my own. Hence I found my way here. I made beer and stout as a teen from kits, but this is my first foray into scrumpy making. Any adive greatly appreciated.
Cheers all!
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Post by manalagi on Jan 14, 2011 7:10:33 GMT
Greetings from Java, Indonesia! Truly a cider wilderness. No cider in the supermarkets, pubs or specialised alcohol shops. No cider at all in Indonesia. However, there's no shortage of apples here and my plan is to head to a town in the mountains of southern Java called Malang (main industry is growing apples) and do a bit of research on the varieties available. Most of them were brought here by the Dutch colonials but there is one indigenous sweet apple called Manalagi (means "where is there more" in the local language) Thereafter, I'm going to have a go at making cider on a small scale and if nobody wants to buy it, I'll drink it all myself. Any advice gratefully accepted.
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