Dodgy Apples?

[iann41]

I have collected about 60kg of apples and about 10kg look like this below


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n306 ... M_1134.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n306 ... M_1130.jpg



Are they ok to use and how much juice should i expect from 60kg of fruit.

Also, how long should i sterilise theapples for?

many thanks, a first timer at cider making.

[crafty john]

Don't worry about scabby skin as long as the apples haven't any sign of mould they will be fine.

[liquidman]

If you make it the traditional summerset style you just put a sack next to the tree and over the course of a few weeks slowely fill it with fallen apples. Then when youve got a decent sack full don't bother to steralise them just pulp them and away you go. Natural yeast take care of the fermentation.

Being told this stopped me drinking crazy peoples home brewed cider (I also remember one guy mentioning that if fermentation didn't start by itself he would just bung a bit of soil from around the base of the tree in to the fermentor to "get things going")

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[Mitchamitri1]

I normally make 4 to 500 pints a year
This year I am making zero
Not enough time
and
not wenough GOOD apples
even vintage cidermakers will tell you you need good apples - especially when working in the small volumes we do

[Mitchamitri1]

the apples you post look fine to use, by the way.