We all appreciated Chris's bio. . .

>>>My name is Chris Schwartz and I live in Gaithersburg, Maryland
>>> and I am the
>>>head brewer for a small microbrewery in Virginia.

>>Wooohooo! The porch libations will be taking a turn for the
>>better,

Except John G . .

>I sure hope so!
> all this beer is giving me migrqaines.
>How does one go about getting some haahd-cidaaah around heah.

John - drag your rocker over to this end of the porch, =

where we look out onto the garden of England (Vale =

of Evesham) - must be, Oh, hundreds of orchards =

around heah.  And just up the road in any
direction is a farm shop with local cider.  Yum!

But the FAQ (Interesting read, Paddy) says to stay on
topic, so I'll tell you about my attempt to find a source
of apple wood. I came really close a week ago when I =

pulled up at a butcher, and checked his pile of logs for =

sale.  The son who runs the logs sideline was out, but =

there was a good lump of ash, and I was promised a call
because he thought he was bringing apple wood on the next
load.  I was explaining how good saw handles were made
of fruitwood to try and reinforce the need *not* to =

make firewood of it.  =

When I have some, it's going to become a wooden router
or two, with end fences/stops for trimming tenons to
width.  Design will eventually appear on my eventual
web page.

Richard
Who thinks old apple varieties should be kept under
cultivation.=

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