News 2025 08 2
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Greetings to all,
we will start with the main topic and that is a call for support. On the way to the event WHY 2025 in Netherlands we lost our car due to it's malfunctioning. In short the repair would be more expensive than is the value of the car. Importantly the car was very unreliable. For us the car is crucial for our activities especially with the upcoming season. We would like to ask you for your support by buying our products, financial support through donation and if possible investment through a loan. Option is also offering a car for an affordable price. Here we have created a page with more info and here is link to our PayPal and bank account details. We would like to thank you for any support!
What happened from our last news letter? We have been participating a lot at the summer events. Already last year we have done farmers market in Prague, Náplavka and now newly we are doing also Kulaťák. This year we have started to do also Craft Beer Festivals and Street Food Festivals. It was a good decision it pays back. We are trying to continue to do two events during Saturday and if possible one during Sunday. To be able to do so, we have invested into two more draft systems and equipment needed. It cost us but we believe it was worth of it. We continue searching for friendly souls, who would help us in our activities. Our requirements are being in "touch" with fermentation and for example having practical experience with making kombucha. If possible we ask for language, it helps a lot, English is the most required. Crucial for us is that the person is able to help at least once or preferably twice per month or more on Saturday. Good news are that we have managed to distill cidre from season 2023 and 2024, which makes us very happy. We also continue with production of syrups. So far we have done batches from red and black currants, from sour cherries and now we are preparing for myrobalan (Prunus myrobalan).
And now a bit of for seeing of the future. This year we plan to make a smaller harvest because we just don't have so many buyers and no funds to produce to much in stock. We will start our autumn harvest of apples in France after first weekend of October. Simultaneously we are planning to do harvesting and processing in Czech Republic, where we plan to ferment at the styles of "flying breweries" having our legal residence with some other cidrerie. We plan to visit France three times, leaving mostly on Sunday and coming back on Thursday in the second week so it is around ten days in total. For people who would like to join we offer transportation and bed&board. We ask for four to five days of work per week based on personal agreement. You can find more information here. This year will be quite "rich" on apples but we have also given up two orchards, so it should be reasonable.
That would be all for now, we will be looking forward to see you and hear from your soon!
For Kvasírna Jara,
František Apfelbeck
