Cox Orange Pippin. (early acid, aroma) Intensely flavored and quite tart, Cox is a nice blending apple for early September acid...
Brown’s Apple (sharp) Just starting to get fruit on these. Big, red, early acid with a bit of tannin. English.
Ashmead’s Kernal (aromatic, late acid) Floral aromas, lots of dry extract, high brix and insane acid characterize this English heirloom’s cider...
Goldrush (Sweet tart high sugar acid source) Scab resistant modern apple with high gravity and lots of acidity. Caution: the acid...
Bramley’s Seedling. (pure acid) The acid is a fresh, bright acid that doesn’t come across as “malic;” an important blending component...
Northern Spy. ( Minerality: salt and shale) We love NS for its minerality; however, this is definitely one of those apples...
Esopus Spitzenburg (Spicy aromatic heirloom) Another old New York apple with great cider making qualities that doubles as an aromatic and...