tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post5221502047495626227..comments2024-02-27T03:45:51.563-08:00Comments on James Russell: Inside the Cider HouseJames Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-76967339688128434352010-10-26T11:37:06.962-07:002010-10-26T11:37:06.962-07:00Hi Ed,
I love your dad's book - have read it ...Hi Ed,<br /><br />I love your dad's book - have read it many times and quoted from it in my first orchard/cider-related book 'Man-made Eden'. How wonderful to think of him in his hammock, sipping cider... thanksJames Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-27216752589175217912010-10-26T11:20:07.706-07:002010-10-26T11:20:07.706-07:00My cider house was built by my late father in 1979...My cider house was built by my late father in 1979 to store the product of his passion for cider. He built it with reclaimed old timber, bricks and tiles so it looks much older than it is. As well as a ancient press he had a hammock in which he was often to be found sipping cider from one of his many cider horns. These days the hammock has gone but hte cider hasn't. I store roughly 3000 litres in there now, along with many experimental bottles of champagne style cider. Being half undeground it is cool in summer and slightly less frosty in winter. I hope it contains cider for many years yet! Love the Naked Guide by the way. I was trying to read a bit every night to make it last longer but I read it in one go. My father's book has been reprinted - R.K French 'The History and Virtues of Cyder' have a look.Ed (Checkley Brook Cyder)http://www.checkleybrookcyder.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-42421684089245026992010-10-26T07:57:10.458-07:002010-10-26T07:57:10.458-07:00Great to hear your cider house tales! The Totterdo...Great to hear your cider house tales! The Totterdown Press is housed in the lavish surroundings of Richard's garage. He claimed recently to have cleared it out, but there still seem to be numerous old bikes, empty bottles, stacks of magazines, Bristol Rovers-related bits and bobs, etc...James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-11636385180612169382010-10-26T06:26:20.652-07:002010-10-26T06:26:20.652-07:00my cider house is the kids abandoned 6' by 6&#...my cider house is the kids abandoned 6' by 6' playhouse at the bottom of the garden. started off as a bit of a joke, really just used it to store the cider making stuff and then the bottles.Now got about 24 gallons on the go, lots of spiders and some mice underneath but no room for visitors so I've been eyeing up the garden shed (that is presently full of unused kids bicycles)as a sort of drinking/hiding out shed!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077634285690177121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-80992654078309923502010-10-26T04:17:11.110-07:002010-10-26T04:17:11.110-07:00Hi James,
Great description of Wilkins cider barn...Hi James,<br /><br />Great description of Wilkins cider barn, that reminds me, I must get down there again soon.<br /><br />My Cider Barn, Oldland Common.<br /><br />My cider sits in my garage fermenting away (or not, as it stands, worryingly, at the moment). I'm now also having a go at making apple juice and I seem to spend more and more time in there, washing pasteurizing and bottling and as most of it ends up on the floor the space is taking on a very pleasant aroma. Sitting on the shelves is my dusty 1980s ghetto blaster with a selection of equally dusty tapes and if all the planets are alined I can sometimes tune into radio 2 or womens hour on radio 4 if I'm feeling adventurous. On the shelves sit various slightly sticky, cider making utensils plus my favourite drinking glass where I can draw off a half pint of 2009 (for pleasure and to check that it hasn't finally turned to vinegar) Forgotten fruit cider from the last remaining barrel. The camping chairs and picnic rug make a cosy retreat and if I open the garage doors at the correct time of day I can watch the sun setting over number 11's washing line.<br /><br />This is sometimes all I needto make me happy and if anyone wants to pop in and share a glass with me they are perfectly welcome<br /><br />Neil<br />PS, I'm working on the cobwebs but my wife keeps popping in and insisting that I hoover the garage !!!??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com