Steveruch
Well-Known Member
On average how many apples, each or pound, does it take to make one gallon of cider?
Good info, thanks.It depends on the type and size of the fruit and of course how efficient your grinding and pressing is, but as a rough guide you can typically expect to get about 50% juice by weight from apples. So for a US Gallon (4 litres) you need round 20-25lbs (8-10 kg) of apples. About 80-100 normal size apples should give you a gallon of juice.
I usually overcater by about 10% and save the extra juice for secondary top up, either by refrigerating or freezing it.
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