The 'fruition' (eh?) of these efforts has culminated in the release of Brewstock's first hard cider kit effort. The Midcountry Hard Cider Kit, is available for preorder, and will ship, or be available for pick up come early September... or whenever the apples decide they're ready for a squeeze.
I've spent a lot of time researching cider apples, blending cider, contacting orchards, and gathering all the information I could on the best process for getting this cider to you.
I've decided to go with an unconcentrated cider, this stuff is fresh. It's getting pressed, shipping to me, and then shipping to you. If you preorder, you'll probably have this cider 10 days from the apples actually hanging on the tree! Crazy fresh, unadulterated, unconcentrated cider. The 5 gallon kits will ship in 6.5 gallon fermenting buckets, with liquid cider yeast! The varieties of apples this kit will primarily be built on are Jonathan, Gala and Red Delicious. There's a bit more info on the Brewstock info at the kit page.
If you have any questions about the kit, just get in touch! aaron@brewstock.com.
Cheers,
Aaron