Me documenting the successes and failures of establishing a cider orchard on a smallholding in NW Pennsylvania.

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Buying plastic drums (AKA: Blue Oak)
7:01
Buying plastic drums (AKA: Blue Oak)
2024 Harvest Season Starts!
4:33
2024 Harvest Season Starts!
Part 6: Racking from the top using CO2 pressure to start siphon
14:01
Part 6: Racking from the top using CO2 pressure to start siphon
Part 5: IBC lid hack with Amazon parts list
12:52
Part 5: IBC lid hack with Amazon parts list
Part 4: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) two port lids
3:26
Part 4: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) two port lids
Part 3: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) drains
2:07
Part 3: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) drains
Part 2: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) lids and fittings
3:14
Part 2: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) lids and fittings
Part 1: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) for making hard cider
5:33
Part 1: Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) for making hard cider
June 16 2024: Heat and shade
1:35
June 16 2024: Heat and shade
Grant Howes Induction to The Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame 2024
8:19
Grant Howes Induction to The Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame 2024
Kegging short
9:28
Kegging short
Kegging day and my batch log
3:39
Kegging day and my batch log
2024,04,21 Low cost keg rack for carbonation
3:05
2024,04,21 Low cost keg rack for carbonation
Macropoxy 646 blemishes and finish.
2:15
Macropoxy 646 blemishes and finish.
Trench drain masking and prep for epoxy coat
2:15
Trench drain masking and prep for epoxy coat
Affordable 304 stainless hose racks for your brewery/winery/cidery
1:25
Affordable 304 stainless hose racks for your brewery/winery/cidery
I bought a jockey box!
7:28
I bought a jockey box!
2023 DEC 12: Pitched yeast and gas pain
2:47
2023 DEC 12: Pitched yeast and gas pain
2023 DEC 8: Buying fruit/juice, keg truck, and Cider Maker's Reserve
11:03
2023 DEC 8: Buying fruit/juice, keg truck, and Cider Maker's Reserve
2023 DEC 3 Pressing done and clean-up begun
6:32
2023 DEC 3 Pressing done and clean-up begun
One minute of a Friendship ME sunrise
1:01
One minute of a Friendship ME sunrise
Saint John NB Reversing Falls
1:19
Saint John NB Reversing Falls
April morning in Friendship ME
3:02
April morning in Friendship ME
ENOL Master bottling trials using a carboy and a keg
9:25
ENOL Master bottling trials using a carboy and a keg
Bob Schultz oral history of the Busti cider mill
11:31
Bob Schultz oral history of the Busti cider mill
Cranky old man does not swear while reviewing POS chem sprayer
3:14
Cranky old man does not swear while reviewing POS chem sprayer
Lip Sync Battle / Crash Course: Water filters as cider filters.
11:16
Lip Sync Battle / Crash Course: Water filters as cider filters.
Frugal farmer hacks his own cider filter with a pressure gauge and tri-clamps
14:54
Frugal farmer hacks his own cider filter with a pressure gauge and tri-clamps
Grumpy old man racks cider between tanks. Doesn't take a bath
11:57
Grumpy old man racks cider between tanks. Doesn't take a bath
Bentonite dosing #2. Grinning :)
3:54
Bentonite dosing #2. Grinning :)