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Home / Fresh Fruit Cider

Fresh Fruit Cider

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In season (early August until the end of October), gather approximately 80 lbs of apples or pears and make an appointment with us to crush and press them into juice for making fresh cider.

Choosing Your Fruit

You’ll need clean apples, not too ripe, that we can crush and press for the juice. The best time to pick apples is when the seeds are just turning from white to brown. The apples need to be crisp and firm for best results.
Cox’s Orange Pippin apples (also referred to as Cox) are quite good and MacIntosh are quite good as well for cider. A mix of sweet and tart apples usually makes the best cider. (Dave’s favourite blend is King’s Acre Pippin, Cox’s Orange Pippin and Granny Smith for a great tasting blend of sweet and tart and tons of juice.)

Fruit Pressing & Fermenting

Together we’ll crush and press the fruit into juice and then get it fermenting as cider. In six weeks, you can return to finish according to your personal taste (to be more or less bitter) and bottle your batches of cider.
Be sure to ask us about flavouring your cider—such as, adding berries, lime & ginger, mangos and peaches. We have techniques and ideas to make some amazing apple cider beverages.

Be sure to ask us about flavouring your cider—such as, adding berries, lime & ginger, mangos and peaches. We have techniques and ideas to make some amazing apple cider beverages.

A 5-gallon batch of cider makes:

  • 23 one – litre bottles
    OR
  • 30 – 750 ml bottles
    OR
  • 46 – 500 ml bottles
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VANISLE WINE & BEER MAKERS

We’re the Comox Valley’s choice for Ferment-on-Premises, UVin winemaking, UBrew beer, as well as making cider and cooler on-site. And for homebrew fans, we’ve got you covered too—with a wide variety of kits, plus supplies and equipment. 

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Sunday: Closed
Monday: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Tuesday: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Wednesday: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Thursday: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Friday: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:30am – 3:00pm

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Courtenay, BC  V9N 2L6

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