So we had a quiet day today, decided to visit the cyder farm, https://thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk
Incredible place, they not only make cider but cider brandy, cider wine and a 7 year old single malt whiskey which sells for £185 yes that's right approx $320, I think I'll stick to Glenfiddich!!!!
It was a really interesting tour as our guide Rosie went through cider making since the 16th century. The farm has a museum with equipment dating back to the 1600's which brings everything to life. She also explained about the 7 year apprenticeship for coopers and why its a dieing art. We then went through to the 21st century with the new equipment they use, absolutely fascinating the number of kg's of apples they can grate and press in an hour is huge. The apple juice is fermented for 3 weeks in huge steel fermenters, its even x-rayed before bottling to ensure there is nothing in it that shouldn't be there.
One bit of trivia, the origin of the term 'horse apples' for horse poo, apparently in the 1600's when apples were ground in a stone grinder driven by a donkey apples tended to fall over the edge, so they employed a 6 or 7 year old boy, gave him a wooden shovel and got him to scoop the fallen apples back into the grinder - naturally as they paid this poor kid in cider - not just apples were put back into the pot, hense the term horse apple!!!!!
Thats it for today, hope you like the photos.
Incredible place, they not only make cider but cider brandy, cider wine and a 7 year old single malt whiskey which sells for £185 yes that's right approx $320, I think I'll stick to Glenfiddich!!!!
It was a really interesting tour as our guide Rosie went through cider making since the 16th century. The farm has a museum with equipment dating back to the 1600's which brings everything to life. She also explained about the 7 year apprenticeship for coopers and why its a dieing art. We then went through to the 21st century with the new equipment they use, absolutely fascinating the number of kg's of apples they can grate and press in an hour is huge. The apple juice is fermented for 3 weeks in huge steel fermenters, its even x-rayed before bottling to ensure there is nothing in it that shouldn't be there.
One bit of trivia, the origin of the term 'horse apples' for horse poo, apparently in the 1600's when apples were ground in a stone grinder driven by a donkey apples tended to fall over the edge, so they employed a 6 or 7 year old boy, gave him a wooden shovel and got him to scoop the fallen apples back into the grinder - naturally as they paid this poor kid in cider - not just apples were put back into the pot, hense the term horse apple!!!!!
Thats it for today, hope you like the photos.
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