Remember when we said we were going to have cider in cans in June? Very naive. Big swing and miss. Not even close. Let's chalk that one up as lesson # 324 on over-promising and under-delivering. Message received: when planning any project, triple the cost, quadruple the time, raise the number of expected headaches to the power of 10, and then count yourself lucky if you can even hit that mark.
Our current status is:
We have our new canning line (VERY, VERY, and I cannot express enough how VERY underwhelming our output efficiency will be with this bad boy, but we still have a little drool going when we look at it).
We have our new keg filler/cleaner, which should cut a 12 hour fill session down to 2. Words don't begin to explain how much of an improvement this is.
We have a massive pile of cans (that's less than half of them).
We have a fresh batch of cider just dying to suit up and get in the game.
The last step is having a rep from our can supplier come by (Monday or Tuesday) to make sure everything goes smooth with the seaming (If you don't know, the can comes in two parts, body, and end, with the end being the top of the can. The can is filled, the end is put on, and the two are seamed together). If that is successful, we will spend the next week doing nothing but canning cider. Just writing that makes me giddy.
We hope you're thirsty, because it's coming...
-Downeast
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