Well, we had a lot of things up against us this year: small apple harvest (1/3 of last year’s monster 3100 lbs), discovering the night before that we’d lost up to 40% of our apples in a faulty freezer, late-night screen printing issues, exhaustion, and even rain during Ciderfest proper, but all-in-all, everything worked out and everything worked well. Even the grinder! For all of our fussing and fretting, it was no sweat. It might be the kind of “no sweat” that requires two nights to catch up on sleep, but no sweat nonetheless.
Thanks so much to everyone who came out, and everyone who donated money and bought T-shirts. It was a great time as always, and we got to meet lots of new and old friends, plenty of stomach gurgles from too much cider, lots of dogs, lots of swimming, and general mirth.
Also, for anyone that missed it this go around, we’re planning on making cider for the Faster Mustache 24-hour relay going on next weekend from noon Saturday to noon Sunday at Elliot St. Pub in Castleberry Hill. Come on out in the heat of the day and cool off with some refreshingly brown liquid!
Tags: 2009, Ciderfest!, apples, cider
