Making the cider in Old Mystic
October 04, 2022 3:24 pm
• Last Updated: October 04, 2022 4:07 pm
Visitors watch as Josh and John Miner, the fifth generation of their family to run B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, operate the steam-powered cider press on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Josh Miner, who with his brother John, represent the fifth generation of their family to run B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, rotates the next stack of ground apples into position in the steam-powered cider press on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Josh Miner, who with his brother John, represent the fifth generation of their family to run B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, adjusts the settings on the steam-powered cider press on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Josh Miner, who with his brother John, represent the fifth generation of their family to run B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in Old Mystic, checks the boiler on the steam-powered cider press on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Stonington―The autumn routine of pressing apples into cider continued under gray skies Tuesday at B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill in Old Mystic.
Josh and John Miner, the fifth generation of their family to run the business, operated the steam-powered cider press.
Cider making demonstrations can be seen sporadically on weekdays, but are run regularly between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on weekends through October and November. The mill closes for the winter early in December.
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