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Family and friends at Lakeside Farms in Ballston Lake demonstrated the process of making apple cider on Thursday. Posted on October 21, 2011.
Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Owner Dick Pearce, left, and longtime friend, Chet Stone clean and separate leaves from Empire apples coming out of the washer at Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Empire apples exit the washer to an elevator where they will enter a grater before being pressed into cider at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Nick Pearce moves bushels of Honey Crisp apples at the Lakeside Farms in Ballston Lake.
Owner Dick Pearce, cleans and separates leaves from Empire apples coming out of the washer at Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Dick Pearce Jr. evens out a layer of grated apple pomace over a cider cloth resting on horizontal racks (65 bushels) before being pressed into cider at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Paul Roerig, left, and Dick Pearse Jr, right, move apple pomace form racks on a drag platform, into position before entering the 1890's Dunning & Boschert power screw press, before being pressed into cider at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Owner, Dick Pearce, begins adjusting tightening screws for 120 tons of pressure on the 1890's Dunning & Boschert power screw press, while being pressed into cider at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Paul Roerig uses a small plastic cup to taste fresh pressed cider exiting a 1890's Dunning & Boschert power screw press at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Kasey Wolf keeps watch over a wooden arm that raises with pressure on the 1890's Dunning & Boschert power screw press, at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Dick Pearce Jr. inspects holding tanks of processed apple cider at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
Owner, Dick Pearce shows the finished product at the Lakeside Farms Cider Mill and Press building in Ballston Lake.
