324: Šraml Cutting-Edge Cider & Wine Tools | Slovenia

324: Šraml Cutting-Edge Cider & Wine Tools | Slovenia

Author: Ria Windcaller: Award-winning Cidermaker, Podcaster | Craft Beer Columnist June 22, 2022 Duration: 40:12

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Why Family Matters for Šraml

In a time when it is getting harder and harder to know exactly where most products come from, it is refreshing to know about the Šraml family and the enterprise that employees nearly the whole town of Podnanos in Solvenia. The company was founded by two brothers, when one wanted a wine press and decided to make it himself. Today the Šraml legacy lives on as the men's sons are now taking the helm of the factory and design center that is located close to the Adriactic sea by Italy. At CiderCon 2022 in Richmond, Virginia, Ria, Cider  Chat MC, had the opportunity to have a sit down chat with Jan Šraml, who like his father is a mechanical engineer and continues the tradition of quality customer service and design.

324 Jan Šraml 200x300 Jan Šraml

 

In this Chat

The country of Slovenia, a country of fermenters, and the company's line of equipment that helps makers get from apple to bottles.

  • In Slovenia - every family has a wine cellar or what is called a "hrm" pronouced Herr-rem
  • Different levels of equipment

    • For makers working with 500 kilos of apples or wine ( 1100 pounds) to 10 tons
    • 2 types of presses offered by Šraml

      • Pneumatic - good for keeved cider can do a bit of maceration

      • Continuous belt press

Episode 324 Cider Chat in the HRM 200x300 The Šraml family in the family's Hrm (cellar) with the "egg" used for fermenting.

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