'Straw & Oak' Traditional cider pressing in Devon , UK.
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- Straw & Oak is a short documentary film about the tradition of apple growing and cider pressing in one Devon valley. On a cold, wet day at the end of November 2019 I was asked to travel to a small farm in Devon to capture a father and his two sons cidermaking the traditional way: pressing apples through straw, on an old oak press. It was a wonderful sight to see and a privilege to film. Thankyou to Sandford Orchards who commissioned me to create this for them, I hope you all like it!
TH-cam can be full of such garbage.....and then you stumble upon a gem like this. Mesmerising in it's own way. Bet the cider tastes proper lush.
I married my late wife who was from Edginswell Torquay in 1970 and moved to my city Manchester. She had an uncle who had a cider press on his farm and made cider mainly for his farm workers to keep them happy. He visited us one year and brought a small plastic barrel of his cider for me. We saved it for cup final day to drink while watching the match. He did warn me it was quiet strong. Six of us gathered around the TV and began drinking it. Nobody remembered the second half or indeed getting home. We all agreed it was a lovely drink, but also the best laxative we have ever known. Happy days.
Yes, the best laxative! 🤭
Made me chuckle!! 😂
So not only do you get obliterated but you completely evacuate your bowels in the process.
@@humblesamb9920 I see this as an absolute win.
Hoe long did it have to ferment before it made them happy?
What a fascinating film of how cider was made years ago. I have heard of filtering cider and ale through straw, but never saw it done on such a large scale in a press. The fact that they have been making cider in that barn for over 500 years is really something to consider. Thanks for making this video and posting it on TH-cam.
Years ago? That's how it's still done on that (and many other) farms.
@@genixia Are you certain, Ian?
@@paraszt4269 thats what the old chap said in the film.. some have gone modern. most still use this way.. many small producers you see..
You mean consider buying a 500 year old barn before attempting to do homemade cider? I will consider that, thank you for your incredible insights. Genius
@@genixia maybe few other farms, I've never seen straw filtered cider before and I live where cow tipping is a local pastime. Sheep shagging been known to occur regularly however I have not personally partook in this joyus occasion, friend told me. 😉
Wonderful, thank you. We just bought a little farm in Bretagne, with 100 trees, bearing well. So we better learn fast...
I'm jelly. ☹️ sorry that's a sin I'm fully aware but my 10 different species are dying. I'd love to have an orchard. Is good for our brothers the fur babies too. 🙂👍
What have you done, you guys?!! It reminds me how my father and my elder brothers worked together for meals and drinks in an old and dark barn. Yeah, they did almost everything with just their hands, sweat and all day long labor. My father and my mom passed away, my bros got quite old, but your beautiful video calls my old memories with tear drops. Thanks for your job and awesome video!
Beautiful memories, thank you for sharing and god bless ya govna. 🙏
One of the many traditions which must be kept alive!! Good work lads, you have my highest respect
Shows you the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree, yassss. 🤩
remember the Chiddock cider circle from episodes of "River Cottage"...early 2000s..hope we never lose the still annual cider making, on the same presses year after year...ooooo aarrrr!!! that's good stuff !!! 👏 👍
Would love to see the next stage of this too, from maturing to bottling and drinking etc.
Drinking is pretty easy. Hmu I'll send u a video tutorial 🤠
The sight and sound of the liquid running out of the press is one of the most relaxing things I've ever come across
Me too, I could sit all day and listen to that..
Some day the algorithm will find this video and it will have millions of views. Thanks for sharing.
Guys you must never stop doing this - keeping a tradition going is wonderful to see. I now need to try a bottle!
Interesting, I saw this old style of pressing with straw the first time in my life.
Im over 70 yo already and growed up in in the countryside.
Greetings from Germany
Greeting from falling America 🇺🇸, id give anything to be in Germany
I grew up in rural Herefordshire, and knew of 2 old farm houses with cider Mills attached to the house, now both "renovated" and that history now lost forever. Thanks for the memories
🤣 that town name phunny. Sorry not sorry 🙂
Thank you so much for bringing us this treasure of a video. I have been making my own cider at home in Ireland with ten years. I absolutely love everything about this video and the very calm and descriptive commentary by the man himself, made it all the more special. The simple mechanics of the press that still worked so well after centuries. I will save this video as a treasure to look back on again over time.
Thank you.
Combining lever advantage with windlass advantage right at the end is is sheer genius. I shall raise a glass to the bloke who invented this press.
They may have raised the bar on how much straw they used to filter a little too high. Just sayin
@@RichWoods23 by the looks of it jesus himself built that Thang 6500 years ago 😁
always nice to see indigenous people preserving their unique and irreplacable culture.
Ooh arrr.
@@RichWoods23 you spelled argggh rong
What an interesting snippet of rural life that I hope hasn’t changed today
Truly hand made ,seen country folks around here in Southern Indiana make cider in vats turning wood handles ,aint no taste like hand made
Wow I've been here for cider cant beat the old scrumpy
Oustanding. Kudos to the farmers for allowing it to be documented. Tha last time I had real craft Devon cider was in 1974. I had three half-pints and had to be carried home. They would not sell it in pints for obvious reasons.
You really had to buy it by the shot? Omg
We live in this area and know Peter. You have captured something golden here, the personalities and an ancient craft carried out with skill and artistry. As a short I would be surprised if this could not be seen on mainstream TV.
🤔 say what
Being from somerset seeing different methods of creating cider is so fascinating there isn't a wrong way
As long as some traditions remain.
I have a baby ting too. Nice to know I'm not alone 🙂👍👍
This video is a treasure... never seen a windlass in operation before, only drawings.
What a beautifully filmed video ! Thankyou so much for showing this, a lovely piece of continuing history.
In South Korea there are recognized masters of various original hand skills, like making iron teapots and huge clay kimchi pickling vats. The masters have apprentices, and everyone involved is expected to do their part to preserve unique country skills and products.
They are truly over achievers. Heck my last application for Pennsylvania state assistance went directly to Korea. Let that sink in 😬
Marvellous, the memories it brought back , I helped out here and there in the 70s , there were some cider makers I came across in my travels around the west and fortunately, at the time , they were on the lookout for a strong back and a bit of rural nous . Great people , memories and the best cider . Great video 👍🇬🇧
Indubitably mate
Must be a huge amount of preparation. That beautiful straight straw has not been through a combine. Must have been handcut or maybe through an old binder. Long may these traditions last. Thank you for sharing.
Is definitely art work and hard work indeed
lovely to see Cyril. ...RIP old friend.
Excellent video. Thanks for making. It's great to see these old traditional methods
Nice one Barny and Bill.
Thanks for this.
Thank you, that was an amazing video. I was born in Devon but immigrated to Australia as a lad. My dad told me stories of cider making and what he would do when making cider on his dad's farm as a boy. Just brilliant, thanks again, Cheers
G'Day mate
Great sir, very interesting to see old traditional methods which takes us to old memories of those great people of great country.
Quite
It was a wonderful sight to see and a privilege to watch. Ta muchly.
That’s a proper art! Great 👍
Love to see that these kind of arts are still being done. The production quality of this video was beautiful too. Thanks for sharing!
Yasssss
I would absolutely love to see this in person and lend a helping hand and of course taste the finished product. I fully intend to try their cider someday soon before places like this no longer exist. Thank you for keeping up the tradition.
With our current government and what they are doing to amish farms who grow food without hmo's, I wouldn't hesitate on that. Sad days in the free world
@@Bear2U you’re right it is sad
Amazing, thank you for the video.
Hello, from Daywell Brewery. Keep up the good work x
I'm so glad this has been filmed. ProperJob!
Fantastic video. I love the slow pace.
Very interesting,and nicely made video. Great team spirit.
Fascinating! I hope o can try some cider made in this way one day. Thanks for sharing and keeping this tradition alive!
Nice to hear the high speed mill chomping up the apples, proper way to make cider through clean straw, I do miss it.
Hello How are you doing today
Most refreshing to see men doing the work that automation now does, and that horses used to do.
The straw binding seems quite meticulous..... hat's off to the General.
Love ur handle
Love to see the old ways and traditions of making things..long may they live..
Thanks. This is inimitable.
Brilliant
Brilliant and very interesting, thanks!
I can only imagine how the place must smell wonderful......
I've drunk some of this, excellent stuff, delivered by post, nearly gave the delivery driver a hernia carrying up the road to my house lol.
Any details?
@@andy199121 Yeah: the hangover lasted seventeen days.
@@RichWoods23 sounds great! Was more wondering where I could get hold of it
@@andy199121 No-one can remember...
@@RichWoods23 thanks for your help
This is absolutely lovely long may they continue, thanks for sharing
500 more years would be cataclysmic
I'm sure that the smell of this place would remind me of the cider house at George Reed's in Westonzoyland c.1969....
You're doing God's work, gentlemen.
wonderful
in the US, what is called cider is mulled apple juice- that is apple juice that has had spices added to it. its not fermented. so there's no alcohol in it. When apple juice is fermented to have alcohol, they call it hard cider. its a lingering misnomer that has persisted since prohibition era. its rather silly really. it makes it very difficult to talk to people about cider as confusion will abound.
And they drive on the wrong side of the road. It's a miracle there are no more traffic accidents than there are.
Is why I prefer country in America, we still have the real Mccoy. 🙂
@@RichWoods23 they have turn signals on the horses now, accidents are infrequent 😉
Wonderful!
A great film on showing a bit of history only wish I lived closer to see it in action or to help in the process thank you for this film
You can always buy some repurpossed lumber, build a 500 year old barn, make your own cider and video. 🙂 Don't be a follower, be a leader. 👍✌️
Beautiful
I love this, bet the Cider tastes brilliant 👍👍👍
This is why when we travel or holiday out west yto the cider making counties we always pop in to a local farm off the beaten track when we see the cider for sale sign. Lovely people and fabulous film thank you
Thoroughly enjoyed this video and that process. Cheers
That was very enjoyable to watch.
That was lovely!
Haven't enjoyed a video so much in ages. Wholesome. Heartwarming. Just been online and placed an order for some of their cider and inspired to have a go at making my own (fun but disaster looms no doubt).
Make sure you get drunk on it that way you won't hurt yourself when you hit the floor
@@rogersmith5167 🧐 if he doesn't get drunk he won't hit floor. Tuche
What an amazing video!
Excellent.
Excellent use of bailing twine to fix a broken zip on a waistcoat. My Dad used to use it as a belt but also had some in his pocket, just in case.
It's useful stuff. My dad always used to keep a hank of it in a box in the car, along with some other apparently useless odds and ends in case of a breakdown or some other unexpected event. On holiday one year we had a problem with the roof rack (loaded with luggage) rattling away. The thread was stripped on one of the rack screws, so my dad used part of the bailing twine packed down as padding and the rest to tie the top of the screw down to a gap in the rain gutter. That kept us going for the rest of the week. To me it was a valuable lesson in creative fixes, as well as in being prepared for problems. Thanks, Dad.
🤣 have one on right now. 🤩 twine fixes all things doesn't it
@@RichWoods23 my mum always carried bag or box in her vehicle as well. Price was right since it came on our hay. I always teased her for saving every piece. I get it now. Ain't that how it always goes?
excellent video and wonderful to see the old ways being maintained, keep it up
Super man need be maintained too. Soon these liberals will call it racist and make him a woman, oh wait already happened, my bad. Disregard this comment pliss
Great quality video!
Brilliant! "This is what we call craft cider" that, I understood, after getting drunk on the stuff in Somerset. Gods bountiful harvest. Peace be unto you.
And unto you my son. ✌️👆🏻
@@Bear2U Thanks Captain. Spread the peace and love.
What I would give for a taste of that nectar….beautiful stuff lads.
Hot tip:
When visiting a farmer in Devon, never drink first and never drink more.
If possessed of an uncommon wisdom, you will drink only beer.
The sense of humor has a ... let's call it, a sharp side.
Nicely filmed - Thanks
You have earned my subscription today Sir!
B. bruxellensis, B. claussenii, , , LactobacilliHanseniaspora guilliermondii, H. occidentalis, H. osmophila, H. uvarum, H. albyensis, H. vineae, Kloeckera lindneri, 4-ethylphenol, 4-ethylguaiacol and isovaleric acid. Loved by all organic natural orange cider drinkers!! It will also have nice oxidative flavours. Great that they are keeping the old art going though - more natural!
Fantastic
This is amazing
part 2 where they sample the finished product...hic?
They forgot to switch the camera on.
That was cool.
Beautifully done.
Super
If I knew my next door neighbours had this I would have visited more often !
Woodpecker Cider was my introduction to alcohol some 60 years ago, passed out under a tree in the midlands. It's a lovely drink and the price is right.
This was beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I am a homebrewer and do enjoy making beer, cider and the occasional wine. I would love to see them put the must into casks and see them pitch yeast, ferment, package and all that. Then see connoisseurs enjoying a few pints and discussing said cider!
Don't think they add yeast, rekon on the ferment starting when it's crushed and the yeast is in the air in the barn, no sterilization, it's amazing how they don't end up with 300 gal of vinegar.
Fr bruv
6:54 Ah good to see a kindred spirit :) A really good video.
Now that's the real stuff. I'd love a few pints of that. You can tell that these hobbits are making good stuff. I miss a good pint of cider...
I usede to have a press and make cider, but nothing like on this scale. I didnt have access to proper cider apples so I just used to use any eating apples i could find. They make perfectly drinkable cider as long as you add 10 to 15% crab apples. Cooking apples are no good at all.
Great to see & hear the boys making this the time-honoured way - long may it last, an old, great tradition of the West Country. Proper cider, not like that factory stuff :D
👍👍👍👍👍
I can only imagine the extra flavour that's being added by the straw
I was wondering what exactly that was for, thought maybe was just to filter out some partículas. I guess some beers do have wheat instilled, probably similar to straw. Thanks foe broadening my horizons. Good day to you sir
I'm sorry mate I was just being a tad flippant, I should imagine any flavour imparted is incidental but probably distinguishes their cider from others that use a different method of filtering
Weihenstephaner Brewery (Freising Bavaria ) in Germany has been making beer since the Crusades.
I recommend anyone who enjoys a good ,quality drink try it.
It is pure quality.
I love this type of craft, just wish I could sample a pint or 3
Terrible accident one time - an old chap fell through into the vat- poor guy drowned - but it took a while he had to get out twice to have a pee 😂
I know, his fellow workers tried to save him but he fought them off Bravely! 🤣
1480 barn, 1880 is old here.
15:25 Very clever. Simple but effective!
I would like to see how dry the pulp is at the end of the press? Outstanding video! Thanks.
right at the beginning you showed two - wooly - piggies. do they than get all the straw with the remnants of the apples?
you should get The Guv down there to show him The Way and make a proper "farm to bar" video...
@10:32 he starts naming the varieties...
Thank you for documenting this and putting it up for us to see! It really is fascinating! I wonder if there is natural yeast in the barley straw as well as the apple skins. I've never heard of a cider apple.
@10:32 he starts naming the varieties...
And the belgian breweries who rely on natural airborne yeasts?
There is a B&W 30 minute from from SW England where the neighbours get together to make this years cider.This is when last years brew is tasted as well as the "ready for drinking" brew...some families do 5 years some do 10 years...
Truly wonderful to watch...
Now that you mention it I haven't ither. Astute observation to say the least. You aussies don't miss a detail. ✌️
@@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025 I can't hear my music's too loud, my closest neighbor a mile away made me mad, im returning favor. I found I can just read the comments, these uk people don't miss a fart. 🙂
@@howler6490 I have some Belgium blackberry, raspberry tea that's simply brilliant. Love those bells
bogis and bunce and bean, one fat one short one lean.
I didn't realize until I looked it up why they were using the straw, but I see it is a binder so the mash doesn't slip out of the press.
Lovely film and film work...can we lose the American baseball caps? Confounded things.