Making Apple Cider

The Rosendale family (and a few other miscellaneous characters) makes a gallon of apple cider at Willowbrook Apple Farm - Oak Glen, CA
Music? Not sure - it's from Christina's Jard Mix from 2004

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• apple
• cider
• Willowbrook

[odegaard]

That machine looks like a hungry beast, how many apples can that thing eat in an hour?

[laplopez]

@odegaard Gosh, I don't know, as many apples as you can throw in it! As long as someone keeps spinning the wheel, it'll keep on eating. That bucket of apples made about a gallon and a half of cider.  Spinning sure is a lot of work! Eat some spinach before you try it. : )

[nhenry2005]

I enjoyed wathcing this video, fun music and you did a good job showing both how it was done and the family fun in the process.

[laplopez]

@nhenry2005 Thanks! It was fun making it (the cider AND the video). Apple season is over, but you should give it a shot in the fall. If you live in Southern California, Oak Glen is the place to go! Check out Riley's (there are two of them, which makes for a lot of confusion -- one has living history, the other has trails for hiking, both have apples), and Snow-Line Orchard has the most delicious cinnamon apple donuts in the world, plus a variety of cider flavors to choose from.

[ridicule401]

its funny i come from a cider county im from a place called Gloucestershire ,England

[nhenry2005]

That sounds great, but I live in southeast Michigan. lol Metro Detroit actually~ ironic, I moved from Northern Michigan to the city to farm lol.

We have literally 1000's of orchards around us and through out the state so I am giving the cider "beast" a try this fall to see what we can get! Very excited!