apple pressing

In our early days before Dead Horse Cider began, we collected, pressed and provided fresh pressed apple juice. Today, we still offer a home for your abundance of apples in the fall in exchange for cash, juice or to join our Backyard Blend community cider.

APPLE PICKING
Collect the ripe, firm apples directly off your apple tree. All apples must meet our Apple Picking Standards.

BOOKING + DROP OFF
For 2025 we are only accepting apples dropped off at the cidery. We encourage you to make the trip and enjoy the taproom while dropping off apples. Apples will be accepted at the taproom from 11:30am to 5pm on Saturday’s.

PICKUP
If you selected one of our trade programs (Apples For Juice or Apples For Cider) you will be contacted once your juice or hard cider is ready.

 

8LBS OF APPLES = 2 LITRE OF JUICE

 

apple Pressing Options

  • apples for cash

    You read that right! We will pay you by the pound for your ripe apples. Once we have collected enough, we use your apples and others, to press juice for our Bright Cider and various reserves.

  • apples for juice

    Your apples along with others, will be pressed and bottled into a collective, fresh pressed apple juice. The number of bottles you receive will be based on the weight of apples you provided.

  • apples for cider

    Collect your apples and join our Backyard Blend community cider program. A variety of Manitoba apples are collected, pressed and fermented into the Backyard Blend hard cider.

Book your pressing

Ready to turn your apples into cider?
Fill out the form below to reserve your pressing time.

APPLE DROP OFFS
Drop-offs are accepted at the Cidery—typically Saturdays between 11:30am and 5:00pm.
We’ll confirm details with you after your form is submitted.

apple picking standards

We do not accept apples that are found on the ground as they may contain bacteria.

accepted: GOOD APPLES

We accept all varieties of apples! We suggest harvesting ripe, firm apples directly off of the tree for the best possible juice results.

rejected: bad APPLES

We do not accept apples that are overly ripe, split, dirty or bruised. Apples must be clean and free of leaves, twigs, rot, mush or debris.