With a little help from our friends

November 15, 2022

With the help of some locals like Brian, Topher, Miriam, Jillian and Mike, SBC is pressing apples on the new Kreuzmayr belt press. Even though it’s considered a small one, the press is bigger and faster than the one we used last year. It squeezes the apples into a sweet juice, and dry flakey pumice. It’s funny to watch the pumice get tossed out the window on a conveyor belt. There is no way else to get it out of the building due to the limited space in the pressing room.

Our pressing area is really just the lower level of a house. We converted the house into a tasting room above and a cider-making area below. More to follow on what we’re pressing

Pressing Notes: New ciders coming

Korzon Orchard

Our own apples on our SBC property are fermenting to make “Korzon Orchard.” Last year was the off-year for our apples as they are biennial (produce every other year). This year was a bumper crop. The limbs were so heavy they pulled some of the trees sideways down to the ground. The Korzon Orchard is a dry cider with a traditional taste. It is proving to be very popular, once again, in the tasting room. This cider is available in bottles to ship.

Redfield Rose

Sourcing apples from the Leelanau Peninsula, Three Barn Farm has supplied us with enough Redfield Apples that we will have a limited supply of “Redfield .” The Redfield apple has a red flesh which makes a beautiful colored cider. The cider tastes apple-fruity with a white wine finish. It will be ready to go as a limited edition starting this winter.

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