Category: Apple Juice and Cider

Apple Juice is not just for Christmas – Our Homemade Produce

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Here’s a reminder that our Old Saw Mill homemade produce is available all year round.
We currently have a variety of our produce available:
Jams:
Chilli Jam
Mixed Berry Jam
Plum Jam
Chutneys:
Christmas Chutney
Orchard Chutney
Prices for our Jars
Small Jars and Jars closer to their use by date are available – 1 for £2 or 3 for £5
Large jars are available – 1 for £3 or 3 for £8

Apple Juice and Cider:
Bottles of AJ & Cider come in 750ml bottles and are available at –
1 bottle £3.50
2 bottles £6
3 bottles £9
6 bottles £17
12 bottles £30
Bottles of our Apple Cider Vinegar come in small 330ml bottles for £2 or large 750ml bottles for £4
Gingerbread
As you probably all know by now the Old Saw Mill are now making Mary Brown’s Traditional Congleton Gingerbread. This is absolutely gorgeous if you’re fancying a bit of nostalgia, or even wanting to try something new.
Packets are available 1 for £3 or 2 for £5, we are out at the moment but keep an eye on our pages to see when a fresh batch is ready.

We’ve Started Juicing!!

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We’ve already been receiving plenty of apple donations from our wonderful community – keeping us extra busy. We’ve now started juicing and produced just over 400 bottles of apple juice so far, so if you’re stocks are running low come and get some!! But it doesn’t stop here so…
If you have apple trees in your garden and end up with spare apples, please don’t let them go to waste. Bring them along to the Old Saw Mill and we will turn them into our famous apple juice, cider and cider vinegar. All the proceeds from sales will be used to enable the OSM to remain open and continue to support our local community. Remember our dedicated team of volunteers take over 80 meals a week to people isolated in their homes. For many this is the only visit they get all week. Your apples really could make all the difference! Plus, if you bring enough, we will even give you a fresh bottle of juice to enjoy.
If you can’t get your apples to us but can bag them up, we’ll collect them or we can even pick them as well if that would help. There is also a drop off point for apples to be deposited at Astbury Mere, this is located between the visitor centre and the café marked with a ‘apples here please’ sign.
We usually juice the apples on a Monday and then transfer into bottles on Tuesday. There are up to 4 of us that do this, but not everyone can work every week so if anyone wants to help just call the number below or email info@theoldsawmill.org.
This year we are making an extra effort to collect the apples ourselves where people can’t drop them off at the café or they just have too many such as from a small orchard. This in particular would require more volunteers to help.
For more details, call in to see us or ring on 07368614156.

Bumper Apple Crop Expected

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All the indications are that there will be a bumper apple crop this Autumn. If you have apple trees in your garden and end up with spare apples, please don’t let them go to waste. Bring them along to the Old Saw Mill and we will turn them into our famous apple juice and cider. All the proceeds from sales will be used to enable the OSM to remain open and continue to support our local community. Remember our dedicated team of volunteers take over 80 meals a week to people isolated in their homes. For many this is the only visit they get all week. Your apples really could make all the difference!

If you can’t get your apples to us and can bag them up, we’ll collect them or we can even pick them as well if that would help.

If you bring enough we will even give you a fresh bottle of juice to enjoy.

We usually juice the apples on a Monday and then transfer into bottles on Tuesday. There are up to 4 of us that do this, but not everyone can work every week so if anyone wants to help just call the number below or email info@theoldsawmill.org.

This year we are going to make an effort to collect the apples ourselves where people can’t drop them off at the café or they just have too many such as from a small orchard. This in particular would require more volunteers to help.

We expect that we will start around the third week of August and finish at the end of October

For more details, call in to see us or ring on 01260 277685.

We are nearly out of Apple Juice

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We’re nearly out of apple juice! Although we made 2500 bottles of juice last autumn you’ve all been guzzling it and now it’s nearly all gone. The new harvest will start at the end of August and lasts until well into November so new apple juice won’t be around before early September. Meanwhile we’ve got lots of cider vinegar and cider for you to enjoy, but not a substitute for apple Juice!!

Apples: A huge thank you!

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A big thank you to everyone who has donated apples to us here at the Old Saw Mill over the last 12 weeks!
With your donations we have been able make around 2700 bottles of apple juice and will have over 500 litres of cider. Hopefully all will be sold before the new season starts in September 2022.
The proceeds will continue to be used to support the good work of the Old Saw Mill and provide socially isolated individuals with meals delivered to their homes.
Regarding further donation of apples, please do not bring us anymore as we have now finished for 2021! We will start juicing again around August 2022!
Thanks again!

Apples! Apples! Apples!

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Our plea for apples has been extremely successful so far and we would like to thank everyone who has participated in donating and collecting the apples.

However, our plea is not yet over, and we are still requesting any apples of your own, or from others you may know with excess apples in their gardens, and we would be very happy to come and collect these apples from you.

Still more apples required!!

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We are now in the thick of apple juice production, but we are not getting enough apples this week. We would be very grateful if you have apples of your own, or know other people with excess apples in their gardens we would be very happy to come and collect these apples from you. 

Over the next two weeks we have a group of Princes Trust volunteers here with us decorating our upstairs accommodation. They are quite happy to also help us by collecting apples from gardens and so if you would like to take advantage of this please contact us through info@theoldsawmill.org !

Don’t let your apples go to waste

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Don’t let your apples go to waste

Did you know that about 70% of apples grown in this country go to waste? Mostly they are left to rot on the ground or end up as compost. This is an awful waste so why not help Congleton buck the trend and make sure your spare apples are put to good use. Volunteers at the Old Saw Mill in Back River Street can use your apples and turn them into delicious apple juice or cider.

It’s sustainable and all the money raised from sales goes to support people in the town who are socially isolated. Currently meals are taken to around 70 local residents every Friday and the money raised also goes towards providing opportunities for people to get work experience in the café.

Peter Ranson a director of the Old Saw Mill said, “We have been making apple juice and cider for nearly ten years and selling it in the town. Last year wasn’t so good due to Covid restrictions but we want to make 2021 the best year ever. Please bring your spare apples to the Old Saw Mill. If we are not open there will be crates outside where you can leave them. If you can’t bring them yourself, bag them up and let us know and we can come and collect. We might even be able to pick them ourselves, but we don’t always have the time when we are busy juicing.

Please don’t bring us rotten apples because we can’t use them.

For everyone who donates a decent load of apples we will give you a free bottle of juice.”

You can contact the Old Saw Mill on 01260 277658  or email us on info@theoldsawmill.org

Many thanks

Peter

Apple Juicing at Green Fayre week

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As you may all know we are currently busy juicing apples for juice and cider. We will continue this until at least the end of October. Therefore during the week of the Climate Festival and Green Fayre, we are inviting people to attend our juicing and bottling sessions. Please see details below.

Event location: The Old Saw Mill, Back River Street, Congleton 

Date and time of event(s):

Monday 25th October – Washing and mincing apples then juicing

Tuesday 26th October– Bottling the apple juice, pasteurising, shrink topping and labelling 

Apples are brought from gardens in and around Congleton and processed in the Old Saw Mill to make juice and cider which sold in variety of local outlets, including the Makers Market and Rode Hall Farmers Market. All proceeds contribute to meeting the aims of the Old Saw Mill. 

Maximum number of participants: 5