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Duckchicken Cider

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A very small cidery located in South London. We pick culinary apples in Kent and ferment at our maisonette in SW16. Lovers of pubs, booze and cats.

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 3d

Sickness has struck, but we've got 400kg of apples to get pressed today. No rest for us. At least the weather in London is nice.

A fish pond full of Bramley apples and, in the background, James is cleaning the hydropress.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 4d

That's a travesty.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 4d

We are pleased the only cider task on today's to-do list is racking this tank of Cox to another tank in preparation for pressing 300l of Bramley this weekend and next. Then, we are DONE.

A 300l tank of Cox apple juice childishly labelled "SPIDERS FUCKING"

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Awais Khan @khan-awais.bsky.social · 7d

Enjoy & feel free to share! Diversity in size, color & shape of domesticated #Apples & their wild relatives! Photo credits, Awais Khan Cornell University.

#GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 7d

Ha! I throw all the bad ones towards the trunk when I pick them off the ground.

I like this technique if you have to do it in separate trips.

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 9d

What!?!

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 10d

Finally getting around to pressing the 300+kg of Howgate Wonder apples we picked yesterday. Coming in at a sessionable 6.5%.

We've got another 400+kg of apples in the van from yesterday, but they will likely have to hold on until next weekend.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 11d

One week after filling, these two demijohns of Cox's Orange Pippin juice are kicking off. Haven't filled these demijohns in a few years. Glad to have their company on the kitchen table for the next few months.

Two demijohns filled with fermenting cider on a kitchen table. Cider equipment visible through the window behind.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 11d

Pulp from last week: dumped.
Our one Howgate tree we have access to is absolutely heaving this year: picked.
Onto the other orchard to do a small pick.

Howgate apple tree, heavily laden with red apples.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 15d

Hope you are feeling better soon, Sarah.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 16d

Hello!

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 16d

Post lunch update:

A fish pond full of apples and 5 bags of apples in the background.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 16d

We need more apple pickers from this week!🍎

We begin harvest today and are still in need of a few more pairs of hands to help us pick apples.

We pay competitively.

If you're interested and available ASAP, get in touch on [email protected].

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 16d

Today's task: ~500kg of Cox apples to press into juice.

A fish tank of apples with bags of apples stacked behind. A man looks forlornly at the lot.

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 18d

Good evening. We've had an exemplary day picking Cox's Orange Pippin in the Easter Hill orchard. This is the best crop we've seen here in 5-6 years. ~800kg picked with apples left behind. Lovely day.

Cox's Orange Pippin apple tree laden with apples in an orchard.

Beardy guy in shorts picks apples from a tree in an orchard.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 22d

Training for cider season by carrying a sand bag up and down the length of the flat.

A middle-age chonky cidermaker holds a sandbag in a corridor with Beryl, the black and white cat, in the distance.

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Jackie @lambicqueen.bsky.social · 25d

Taking the @durationbeer.bsky.social Ducks in a Row launch @thedodomicropub.bsky.social very seriously 🤪. Rubber Ducky is delicious.

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 27d

I am pleased we have a curtailed apple picking window this year due to our trip in October, but it will be a stressful 4 weeks trying to get as much in as possible.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · 29d

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · Sep 9

AI loves hallucinations.

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · Sep 9

Yesss. 3F FTW

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ended up having a very long day racking cider, packaging cider and generally getting things ready for harvest. Luckily our Chinook hops are ripe in the garden so straight into the remainder of our 2024 Demons of Spill Hill racking exercise. Fresh hop season = Best season

A 100 litre tank filled with cider with a hose in it ready to pump.

Doofus cider maker holding a stick in a 100 litre tank.

Focused cider maker filling keykegs with tasty cider in a kitchen.

A drinks dispenser filled with cider and fresh Chinook hops on a kitchen counter.

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · Sep 6

Pretty good place to be! Enjoy!

Duckchicken Cider @duckchickencider.bsky.social · Sep 5

Scotland! We are back on at Dollar Beer Festival this year from 12-13 September. We've shipped 3 boxes of Maisonette up and, I can assure you, it's tasting very good these days. The Jonagolds are shining through giving it lovely, caramel notes.