Making apple cider

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We’re up in the Berkshires this weekend enjoying beautiful fall weather. The family next door, who are big homesteaders, invited us to come over and press some apples into apple cider.

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We gathered about two bushels in a wagon. In the end we pressed about six gallons worth to keep. Some will be drunk fresh, some will be made into hard cider, and some will be made into apple jack.

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