So as the picture in this group has a bar showing I can only add the fact I’m making my second batch of vintage cider from scratch using free apples. I did a first batch last year with an interesting learning curve and prior to that I did three easy peesy kits which were fun but no where near as satisfying as fallen apples from fresh.
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Isn’t he a bit young for scrumpy?
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He is, but he’s nearly as tall as Eric…
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But taller than you? 
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I brewed my own beer for years, very satisfying. I did a batch once that I named “retour de France” - that was so strong it made you cycle backwards… 
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Noooooo, he’s less tall than me. Not by much but an important difference. I’m probably thicker than him though 
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Your thicker all reight!!
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Hey, none of this heightest talk. Height isn’t everything!
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It should be “you’re” not “your” so maybe I’m not after all
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I’d noticed that, but elected not to comment… 
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You know i first drank scrumpy at the Bath and Southwest show around 1984 /85. Didn’t know then it was alcoholic. We were camping at a campsite run by an elderly gent called Lukies. He liked the bikes and duly gave us all a couple of bottles of this scrumpy. Well from that first drink i remember nothing other than i apparently tried to strangle my Tracy. The boys had to calm me down and get me to my tent. Twenty-four later one of the people i was with had to hire a van to take me and my bike home. And i still don’t remember any of it.
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Well, it’s three weeks or so now bubbling away on batch 2 and I’ve started yet another batch (3) on Sunday just gone as it’s fun!!
This time I’ve modded my production line with a plywood base to hold it all down as everything was ‘on the move’ as I was using it.
Love it when it’s TAX free drinking!!
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Yeah short of crates and bottles. How did you know??? Heheheh
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