Cider mill

A large cider press at a cider mill in Jersey, used for squeezing the juice from crushed apples
Apple Press Monument (a relic of the Mid-Winter Fair, 1894, still in its original location), Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA

A cider mill, also known as a cidery, is the location and equipment used to crush apples into apple juice for use in making apple cider, hard cider, applejack, apple wine, pectin and other products derived from apples. More specifically, it refers to a device used to crush or grind apples as part of the overall juice production.

The mills used to manufacture, ferment, store, and ship juice products are usually located near apple orchards. Historically, the types of structure and machinery have varied greatly—including horse powered, water driven, and machine operated mills. The presses can be fixed or portable.

Cider mills were subject to legal proceedings in New York state in the 1800s over whether they were "fixed to freeholds"[1] and other cases addressing legal designation as to what kind of property a cider mill is.[2]

  1. ^ Bingham, Anson (21 May 1868). A Treatise on the Law of Real Property. Anson Bingham. p. 501. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via The Internet Archive.
  2. ^ New York (State) Supreme Court; Johnson, William (21 May 1873). "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors in the State of New-York". Banks & Brothers. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via Google Books.