Step 1: Pick the apples.
By any means necessary.
Step 2: Wash the apples

Everyone helped
Well...Almost.
Step 3: Shredding and Pressing the Apples.
The apples are fed through the top of the cider machine into a two rotating teeth. The crank provides the power for the rotating teeth. The shreded apples fall into a barrell. Once filled the barrell is pushed down the machine underneith the press where the shredded apples are pressed into cider.(see video)
Step 4: Dispose apple remains for the deer.
Step 5: Strain and place cider into containers for drinking and freezing. About 45 gallons made.
Here is a video of the apple cider creation in action.
1 comment:
That is some serious apple cider-making. When I saw the post title, I was thinking this was a home kitchen project...like, yeah, I know how to make apple sauce.. Then I saw the barrels of apples! Holy cow!
My mouth is watering for some of that cider! Yum!
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