A cider maker's equipment checklist An apple crusher to pulp your crop (you will quickly get bored with chopping them up with a knife!) A press to juice the pulp. Some presses need bags inside the barrel of the press to hold the "cheese" (pulped & crushed apple). A scoop to handle the pulped apples.

If we say it cost a total of $2.75 to make this batch of 48oz, that would come out to $7.15/gallon. If cost is your only factor, then once you add up the ingredients, and the time spent making the cider, it would probably be faster and cheaper to stick a gallon or two in your cart next time you visit the store.

The answer is yes you can, the LBK is perfect for fermenting any beverage of choice. To make hard cider it is pretty simple. You need your fermenter, cleanser, yeast, bottles, and apple juice. Picking the juice can be the hardest part for most people.

Is making my own hard cider legal? YES! In the U.S., as long as you don't sell it, every adult in your home may brew up to 100 gallons of wine, beer or cider per year. More than that, and you need a liquor license… and likely a 12-Step Program.