Fire Damage to Cider Farm

It is interesting to see how people pick themselves up after a major disaster and in the end it helps them create something better. Elizabeth Ryan at Breezy Hill Orchard and Cider Mill, has survived her devastating fire three years ago. Read about it here:

Daily Freeman - Pressing ahead: Cider mill rebounds from fire:


"It takes about five bins of apples, each weighing about 900 pounds, to produce 500 gallons of cider, she said.

She is doing really well to produce one gallon of cider from 9 pounds of apples. And I like the idea of fruit ciders from peaches, plums and raspberries.

IN ADDITION to apple cider, Breezy Hill makes peach, plum and raspberry ciders, and bakes cookies, donuts, pies and pastries from scratch.

In fact, Ryan recently bought a 20-inch stone mill so Breezy Hill can grind its own flour. And in the near future, she hopes to resume production of hard ciders, a product not made since the 2003 fire.

Ryan sells her wares at farmers' markets in Rhinebeck, Cold Spring and Millbrook."

Good luck with all your hard work Elizabeth I hope you have a good season.

Cheers Paul

Hard Cider