Pressing matters

October 23, 2020 12:00 am • Last Updated: October 23, 2020 7:33 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

s.elliot@theday.com

Robert Wade inspects the apples as he feeds them into the hopper to be ground up for cider pressing at B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic Friday, October 23, 2020. Cider pressing can be seen sporadically between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. most days. Due to coronavirus precautions, visitors are not allowed into the historic cider mill building, but doors and windows are open for viewing. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Visitors get a peek at apple cider pressing on the historic steam-driven cider press at B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic Friday, October 23, 2020.

Cider pressing can be seen sporadically between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. most days through October. Due to coronavirus precautions visitors are not allowed into the historic cider mill building, but doors and windows are open for viewing.

The store is open into December.

John Miner, center, a member of the 5th generation of his family to run B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, explains the cider pressing operation to John, right, and Michele Martin, of Pratt, Kansas, with two of their grandchildren, Carly, 9, and Jackson Tucker, 11, of Canterbury, Friday, October 23, 2020. The Martins flew in from Kansas this week to surprise their daughter, Lindsay, for her birthday. Michele Martin says she loves visiting he area and Clyde's is on the short list of places they like to visit when they come. Cider pressing can be seen sporadically between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. most days. Due to coronavirus precautions, visitors are not allowed into the historic cider mill building, but doors and windows are open for viewing. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Employees at B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic load the pressed apple pomace into a trailer after a pressing Friday, October 23, 2020. The apple pomace is taken by a local farmer to feed his livestock. Cider pressing can be seen sporadically between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. most days. Due to coronavirus precautions, visitors are not allowed into the historic cider mill building, but doors and windows are open for viewing. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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John Miner, 5th generation of his family to run the operations at B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, operates the historic cider press Friday, October 23, 2020. Cider pressing can be seen sporadically between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. most days. Due to coronavirus precautions, visitors are not allowed into the historic cider mill building, but doors and windows are open for viewing. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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John, right, and Michele Martin, of Pratt, Kansas, with two of their grandchildren, Carly, 9, and Jackson Tucker, 11, of Canterbury, watch as John and Josh Miner, the 5th generation of their family to run B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, press apple cider Friday, October 23, 2020. The Martins flew in from Kansas this week to surprise their daughter Lindsay for her birthday. Michele Martin says she loves visiting he area and Clyde's is on the short list of places they like to visit when they come. Cider pressing can be seen sporadically between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. most days. Due to coronavirus precautions, visitors are not allowed into the historic cider mill building, but doors and windows are open for viewing. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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