APPLE CIDER is pressed fresh every week at Hugus Fruit Farm in the state inspected cider press room. We usually begin in early September and press every week as long as we have apples, generally through January.
Our cider is treated with ultraviolet light, one of only two current FDA approved processes for cider making. Unlike heat pasteurization, the UV process maintains the nutrition and fresh flavor of cider.
Hugus Fruit Farm CIDER may be purchased in the following ways:
Retail at Hugus Fruit Farm by the gallon, half-gallon, or quart
Wholesale at Hugus Fruit Farm, 20 gallon minimum purchase
Retail at various other Ohio locations (see Stores page)
Apple cider from Hugus Fruit Farm is a fresh fruit juice and MUST BE KEPT REFRIGERATED!
CUSTOM CIDER PRESSING
Hugus Fruit Farm will custom press apples for other commercial and backyard apple growers, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Call 740-536-9590 for an appointment. Customers should plan to bring your clean apples and a clean cap/hat, unload your apples, participate by jugging your cider, load your jugs, pay your bill and then enjoy your cider. Our equipment generally presses 4 gallons for every bushel of apples.
RULES & REGS
Per current Federal guidelines and State Inspector requirements, Hugus Fruit Farm has established written Standard Sanitary Operating Procedures for pressing cider including the following items:
Apples will be inspected before pressing. Only clean, sound apples will be accepted. Hugus Fruit Farm will not press dirty or rotten apples from any source for anyone.
All apples will be washed in a chlorine water wash before pressing.
All cider will be treated with UltraViolet light before juggging to achieve the 5 log reduction mandated by federal law.
Cider will be bottled only into clean, new jugs and caps.
Hair covering (clean cap, hat, net) must be worn in the cider press room during cider processing and bottling.
CIDER PRESSING RATES
MINIMUM FEE
$46.00 for pressing
$ .45 per jug
As of August 2008
STANDARD RATE
$ 1.15 per gallon
$ .45 per jug
$ 1.60 Total per gallon
Produce availability varies and is subject to weather conditions throughout the year.
Buy fruit where it is grown. Buy cider where it is made.