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I tried this with pears and it turned out great. I got about 40lbs of pears for free so I decided to ferment them. I froze them until I had time to process them, then thawed them in the oven at 200 degrees. The pears and the juice turned a nice golden color from cooking them. Fermented it and...

If I decide to keep making cider I will have to build one of those. Much better than the one I cobjobbed together.

Greg has a good point about what comes into contact with the cider. I filter mine several times after pressing, boil to sanitize, then filter a few more times.

It's not pretty but I got 3 gallons of juice from 3 5 gallon buckets of pears that were as hard as baseballs.[/IMG] Forgot to get the cast iron frying pan I use as the press head in the picture. Just get one a little smaller than the pot and cut the handle off.

I just made one for pressing pears. Cost about $20. Made from scrap wood (free), some threaded rods with lock nuts (~$10), a modified car scissor jack ($5 from junk yard), stock pot ($5 from thrift shop) and a cast iron pan. I'll post a pic when I get home if you want. It worked pretty good...