Making bunch of apple juice from homegrown apples

[@Ants_Pants]

"Get some apples, yo" lol

[@alucardhellsing1037]

All I can say you really had a fruitful day.

[@bradfordjones71]

Why am I absolutely glued to watching you toss apples into a shredder? Love your content Andris! Keep it up.

[@Ants_Pants]

Lol

[@brianc88]

Is there anything this man CANT do? Seriously?! He is truly an Ant of all traits.

[@Ants_Pants]

😂😂👍

[@MrZimmaframe]

xD

[@suchoi61]

Hello my Friend You have a very nice and cosy Home

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you!

[@Cheery1964]

Enjoy your content, and the sarcasm makes it even better!

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you!

[@xzytqweo3538]

Ah....when the temps cool down and the apples fall...it's time to make cider/or juice and also apple butter. Watching you and your mom work on the apples reminded me of when we use to make apple butter...we would have to peel, core and slice the apples. Cook them down a little on the stove then pour the semi cooked apples with sugar into a big copper kettle that was suspended on an outside wood fire...then taking the apple stirrer (yes a special wooden apple stirrer) and slowly mix the apples as they cooked, thickened, and then turned a slightly reddish brown. That's when we added cinnamon oil and powder. Stirred one last time and then filled up clean glass jelly jars and put the lids on them. Some people would cook the apples for a day or two...we usually cooked the apples for about 3 to 4 hours so the apple butter was spreadable but firm. Thank you for sharing your apple video. It brought back great memories. I am glad you and your mom do things like this together. She is a great person...and raised a great son! You two take care! Hugs.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks man ❤

[@auntytutu]

Loved seeing you in the kitchen Renaissance Man. Laughed from the beginning to the end. Surprised you don't have an outdoor kitchen with a old wood stove to heat the juice...maybe next time.

[@Ants_Pants]

That outdoor kitchen idea has hovered around my head for a while now. I hope to reach to it in one day :)

[@Sequesterer]

Always love moms. My is the same. Crappy body. So I tell her "sit down. Let me serve you, it is my turn". Well, you know how that goes. ❤ Love both the silly humor and when you the entire family were making apple flavoured water preparation stuff together.

[@Ants_Pants]

Hehe. You take care now 😌

[@vkalvaitis]

Juice has no alcohol, cider is after fermentation. Good stuff

[@LIGHT-OF-THE-SOUL]

Ok WE COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING!! YOU COOKING THE APPLE JUICE AND SAID *I MISS MY IMPACT DRIVER🤣🤣🤣!! WE ABSOLUTELY ENJOY EVER UPLOAD YOU SHARE.

[@Ants_Pants]

😁haha

[@donaldbreil7103]

Hello Multi Creativo Andris ----> for you, nothing is impossible👍 yes with such a supportive Team, Wife Daughters and Brother ♥️

[@Ants_Pants]

I try 😜

[@GeminiDayDreams]

In America apple juice is filtered after it is pressed making it clear. Apple cider is left unfiltered and generally looks cloudy. That's the difference. It's different in the UK I believe. In the UK apple cider is an alcoholic drink.

[@egalegal1666]

In Germany we say apple juice "Apfelsaft" whether clear or cloudy 😂we simply difference whether clear or cloudy Clear means "Klar" and unfiltered we call "Naturtrüb" naturally cloudy I personally like unfiltered

[@uknowbigdaddyo5837]

@@xzytqweo3538 our hard cider has a little fermentation going on 😮

[@Ants_Pants]

👍

[@iNerdier]

@@xzytqweo3538 It's not. It's just called cider.

[@sanderd17]

In France and the UK, cider is definitely a fermented, alcoholic beverage.

[@gregdefouw9802]

Love ❤️ the video. Thanks buddy!

[@Ants_Pants]

No problem !

[@birch8005]

Cheers!😄

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks :)

[@barbscarrow7300]

Awesome job making apple juice 😊 Nice to everyone helping 🤗 Have a Great wknd ❤️🇨🇦

[@Ants_Pants]

Teamwork 😇

[@TheHomePros6221]

Gosh you live in a paradise!! I love all of your fruit trees

[@Ants_Pants]

How is it going my friend?

[@TheHomePros6221]

@@Ants_Pants I’m hanging in there but still not doing well it’s been hard to do things and finish projects and make videos, pretty depressed about it but am trying my best to stay positive and “trying” to live a normal life. Congrats on pretty much 20k subs!! I’m really happy you and your channel are doing well 😊 keep it up man your doing great!!

[@rayperoni4142]

Tremendous amount of work give a tremendous amount of juice...that's fair.Pretty impressive,awesome. We are never disappointed with Andris.

[@Ants_Pants]

Hehe

[@wincentykaluza6544]

Absolut genial soviel Vitaminne für die Kinder und der ganze Familie,viele Grüsse aus Deutschland

[@Ants_Pants]

😇

[@ProtonOne11]

Fun times. Reminds me of my childhood. We had a larger orchard with apples, pears and other fruits. So many days spent picking them fruits up... Usually we made over 1000 liters of pasturized apple juice (stored in 25 liter glass bottles), and a bit of fermented cider (with alcohol). When i was very small, in the 80ties, we even used large oak barrels to give some extra spice and taste to the cider. The better apples that were picked from the trees were sold, and we kept a lot in the cellar to eat over the winter. Part of the apples were distilled into apple brandy, usually filled up one of the 25l glass bottles with that as well. I guess that was used partially to "pay" the workers that came to help on the farm in the busy harvest season, and keep warm at the forest work in the winter times. 😂

[@Ants_Pants]

😂😂👍

[@guyina4x499]

Remind me of my childhood. Grandma's apple orchard was a busy place in the fall. As was her garden. Sadly all the trees got sick and died some time ago. Grandma's 3 acre garden is now home to chickens and a few cows. Grandma is gone and the youngsters can't be bothered to make anything by hand.

[@Ants_Pants]

That's so sad 😢

[@guyina4x499]

@@Ants_Pants I suppose it's just life. Things change.

[@ToddKesler]

Dam video games and KZbin and Donald chump

[@craiglove3179]

Nice alternative video.. superlike!

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for the superlike 👍👍

[@harrisonandrew]

Ant’s apple juice. That’s got to be a business opportunity. Turned into Cider it would be another cottage industry. Fascinating the large number of steps it takes to make it.

[@Ants_Pants]

as long as it's fun and not boring then it's okey with me :D

[@keithrosenberg5486]

A new fangled apple press!

[@kirk467]

Awesome Andris, thanks for sharing brother! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏼‍♂️Kirk from Louisiana USA 🇺🇸🤜🏻🤛🏻🙌🏻

[@Ants_Pants]

No problem. Thanka for tuning in again

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼………………….THAT brought back a bunch of memories! Where I grew up , in the mountains of the far southwestern part of Virginia, we had apple, pear,and black walnut trees in our yard. We didn’t make juice or cider, we made apple butter , kind of a jam. Very good on toast, but a LOT of hard work!! Walnuts were used for cakes at Christmas and pears were canned.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for sharing

[@earlleelethbridge566]

I think I have vague memories of making apple juice when I was a kid in the 60s or it was someone else???? Miss those days. Thanks

[@Ants_Pants]

No problem

[@rlhanks]

Do a follow up when you finish the last bag. Would be interested to see the hours spent harvesting and storing for the long term pay off. What ever that may be, I would do it in a heart beat. Grew up with my parents doing the same thing with tomatoes. They would can the juice for the all the things mom would make through the year. Thanks for the diversity in your content.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for the tip, it's a great idea :)

[@Tipi_Dan]

Bravissimo!

[@Ants_Pants]

:)

[@scottnyc6572]

My grandmother used to peel and boil the apples then put in a screen bowl that churned apples into sauce. It reminded me of the good old days when family helped jar all the fruits and vegetables in the fall. I used to go apple picking and Dad had a wooden apple press to squeeze into wooden barrels for fermenting.You could have a apple cider business selling by the liter.Cider and sauce.

[@Ants_Pants]

Would need some more better tools for that 😅

[@talibirkmanis5727]

Another great video , thanks , thats a lot of apple juice !!!

[@Ants_Pants]

Should last a while. Thanks man

[@RLU-wt8vi]

You had me in hysterics making your list! I would have apple Saturday every year with mom & sister. Used and "apple/peeler/slicer" contraption. Either a gazillion quarts of applesauce or freeze the slices for pies later. Your videos are my favorite. Ohio.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you very much 😇

[@rondadrolshagen9482]

Ha ha ha Apple Cider we call it in the USA.. Your a good son picking Apples while your mom is at work. Wow lots of apples! Pretty ingenious how you made the apple crusher. Lol it's okay to show yourself in the kitchen helping out with the apples. Looks like you have done a fine job. I say the same thing when I can tomatoes year after year I never want to see tomatoes again lol.. Wow thats a lot of juice... way to go good job... 😊

[@Ants_Pants]

At start you wanna pick them all and at end you don't wanna see any of them. Sounds about right 😅

[@Katzbynite]

Seeing Ants not in his normal habitat is like a rare bird watching moment! I'll give you an E for effort with the impact drivers.🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was a lot of apples and like the idea of the bags. LOL..So boring, it's like farting rainbows! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Ants never fails to bring the humor.

[@Ants_Pants]

😂😂

[@susancurrie8552]

Great job! I loved watching you work with your family. The apple juice will last you the entire winter and into the spring. You can make baked goods and pancakes with the mash. Can also feed it to chickens, pigs, and goats. Other fruits can be used or mixed with the apples. Carrots too.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for the tips Susan 😇

[@jpr2322]

Awesome video's you sound and go about your work like an Australian 👍 keep on keeping on, from Australia

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks sir

[@Grzzbear57]

As always a great video. Your “List” segment was hilarious. Where I come from in Northern Illinois we would go to farms that would sell apple cider, apple juice and warm apple cider donuts. I have such great memories of that.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@AlanG512]

Great job, Ant! Fun video. I hope your mother finds some relief for her back pain.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks! Sadly she's been trying for years, all sorts of different doctors and specialists cant seem to help her out.

[@lestergarcia4827]

Really enjoyed your video.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks Lester

[@Ernteglueck]

NICE TIP: when u collect apples - and there are any mor apples still hanging on the tree - shake the branches as much as u can before starting to collect...ao the rest hanging apples fall to the ground and u got much more apples at one place...

[@Ants_Pants]

Yes Very True, i did this with the other trees

[@bradcrossman5068]

Dude! That was fun! I quite enjoyed seeing the apple picker rolling thingy in action. That was a pile of work. No pun intended. It was cool to see a different aspect of your life also. We just bought a place a couple years ago with a huge apple tree on the property. I've been mowing the damn things but in the back of my mind has always been an idea that i should do something with them. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Ants_Pants]

No problem 👍 keep at it

[@tomlee7966]

love apple juice, great job Ants

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks Tom 👍

[@graemezimmer604]

Absolutely fascinating as always. Thanks Andris!

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you

[@kcraig51]

In the US, there is a cinnamon candy called Red Hots. Heat the juice back up, dump you a few Red Hots in there (more or less to your taste) and drink it while it's warm.

[@Ants_Pants]

👍

[@kabukimax1]

know all about back pain, had it for 40 years .. but do keep up the great work ...

[@Ants_Pants]

Oof currently iv been painfree. I will continue doing the back excersise for a while

[@TheJimcrooks800]

Super stuff. I made around 50l of cider this year. I'm now drinking it - it's dry and around 5% alcohol. Perfect for quaffing with dinner. If you got the apples, definitely use them. The remaining must could also be used - compost, pig food, or even distilled to a calvados ;) As we say in Scots Gaelic: Slainté (health - and it's pronounced sloinchi).

[@Ants_Pants]

Hey Jim and thanks for sharing about your cider adventure. Thanks for the tips about the remaining mulch

[@williamhoward8319]

that is the way we did things here in the states but no more great to see how your family work as one fantastic love to see it

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks 👍

[@Arloashean]

Great fun AP! And a load of work as usual. Definitely needed the impact drivers... Those trees desperately need pruning... Which will produce bigger, better apples more reliably. I'm sure there's great content out there to guide you. You can also place some cheap material like burlap or leftover wrapping tarp under the trees early in the fall. Happy drinking!

[@Ants_Pants]

👍👍

[@eastunder55]

I had a friend who used a sink garbage disposal to grind apples and other fruit to make wine. Your use of the wood chipper was a good idea for preparing the apples. Again, your persistence was on display to pick, process, cook and bag so many apples. I'm not familiar with the bags you used to hold the juice. Maybe they are not sold in the USA

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks buddy, yeah idk about the bags. All i do know their one time use. But cheap at around 20 to 50 cents per bag

[@althomas6496]

They look like yellow delicious apples, they make good apple sauce for canning or slice them and can them for pies.

[@Ants_Pants]

Yup👍

[@Watch-What-Luke-Does]

I vote that you make a wood splitter/apple press. Would be a lot more fun than the jack press.

[@Ants_Pants]

Yes me too

[@art1muz13]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE BORING, INSTEAD I HAD TO GET A COUPLE OF GALA APPLES TO SNACK WHILST I WATCHED!!!!! IT WAS A GOOD VIDEO AND A GOOD TIME!!!I CHUDA KNOWD BETTER MY VIKING FRIEND!!!!!

[@Ants_Pants]

😆👍

[@ergomovie]

Super, Enda Mahl On Hea! Ma teen sama aga ei ole pildile saanud!

[@Ants_Pants]

Kestab ka pikalt :D Ma panen natukene vett juurde, tundub päris magus otse kotist.

[@annechristiansen941]

Tusen takk for god underholdning 👍🤗👍

[@Masso1973]

My God! The amount of work….

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid ants i finally sow the process 😇💗💗💗 love and bless you guys.

[@Ants_Pants]

😇

[@leapingkitties]

Nice haul and that's a lot of juice. Love your content.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks bud!

[@uknowbigdaddyo5837]

And the juice goes down into the tool parts box hahahah

[@Ants_Pants]

😆

[@DanielJackD]

Well done! Nice to see everyone work together👏We used to collect like a trailer full (~3m³) every year only to sell them tho but over the years it got less and less apples so it's not worth anymore to do😅

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for sharing, is there a reason why there's less apples?

[@DanielJackD]

@@Ants_Pants Tbh no Idea but I would guess it’s too dry mostly because when we have some apples they are just small (like only 1/3 of the normal size)😅

[@vcurtis2061]

What an involved process

[@richardford4570]

Great to see you processing apples, maybe you can build an outside wood stove and save electricity . It might be interesting to see you streamline the process in a video. Also cut the grass before apples fall .cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Ants_Pants]

That would be cool! The outside kitchen idea has been hovering over my head for years. Mayeb one day :)

[@gillyb333]

Brilliant video well done

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you

[@top_tether]

Thanks!

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you!

[@Irene-gk8oq]

Very interesting!😊

[@Ants_Pants]

👍😜

[@hollandduck79]

Hello from the Netherlands . from the leftover apple pulp after pressing you can still make very good apple pie, also very tasty haha thanks for the video Andris . Sincerely, Hollandduck

[@Ants_Pants]

I gotta look into that. Thanks man!

[@hollandduck79]

@@Ants_Pants you're welcome 👍

[@JP22095]

As always, love the video! My parents make cider (rhymes with “tiger”) every year and I miss being there to help. I like seeing your family help :). I think I will call it Apple water from now on! Haha.

[@Ants_Pants]

😄 thanks Jerry 😇

[@colinbrooks6290]

Fantastic idea

[@martinfrance9791]

Lovely vid A.P it seems to me even your leisure activities turns in to hard work. Man where do you get your energy from, keep the content coming its fantastic.

[@Ants_Pants]

Get the energy from all this apple water :D

[@deankdx]

great video, outdoor wood stove needed for next time? i can see you converting that press into an air over hydraulic or electric hydraulic somehow in future apple water processing.. use of the mulcher was a better alternative for sure. impact driver in the kitchen, could take off if you make a stirring attachment for something. actually, there are cleaning pads for the impact driver, might have made light work of cleaning the stove.

[@Ants_Pants]

😆

[@albundy1956]

Good job Bro, and BTW the canon ball is used to grind mustard seeds in a bowl.

[@Ants_Pants]

👍

[@MrZimmaframe]

Apple Juice - the liquid of apples, is sweet and can be drank straight away Cider - an alcoholic drink made from the process of fermenting Apple Juice You made some very nice Apple Juice

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks sir

[@Furrylittleproblem12]

That juice looks delicious!

[@Ants_Pants]

It taste so good also 😅

[@ShimmyShimmy1111]

Have a great weekend Ants!!😊

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you

[@GoldCountryTrapping]

If supermom does a few late fall passes under those apple trees (just before the apples fall off it) would make your little apple picking gizmo work really good.

[@Ants_Pants]

😅

[@HeatherNaturaly]

You always make me laugh with your dry humor. Did you use the pulp to make Apple Cider Vinegar? I've got a half a gallon brewing.

[@Ants_Pants]

Hehe thanks. No i don't recall

[@janeyhazelwood9894]

Good to see you again Andris. That's a lot of apples🍏, I've never seen this done before. Homemade apple juice looks good. What kind of apples did you have? Sweet like you or sour like me?😂 Anyway loved the different content. Until next time drink up😎

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you again for finding time to watch a new video of mine. I used sour apples for the juice, ate all the sweet ones 😅 take care 👍

[@richardtaylor6300]

Man that's a lot of apple juice. 😉👍

[@Ants_Pants]

Will last a while :)

[@AsitShouldBe]

Ahah I had missed this gem!!😁😁😁 great chef 😉👍👍👍

[@Ants_Pants]

Thank you 😋

[@aziztahir4428]

Sir, i like your Videos.

[@Ants_Pants]

Me too sir

[@TheHomePros6221]

You should take those pancakes and dehydrate them 🙂❤️yum

[@Ants_Pants]

lol

[@davidianero5528]

That must smell amazing

[@Ants_Pants]

also taste good.

[@vonHannersdorf]

And bit of aluminium for spicy taste!👍🏻😂

[@Ants_Pants]

Lol 😂

[@bcroe8566]

Cider is pronounced like sider with a long I. Here in Ohio our local orchard squeezes the apples adjusting the taste with the varieties available. They strain the juice after crushing the apples, but do not heat the juice (pronounced like joose) before bottling in plastic gallon jugs (@4L). The cider is kept refrigerated to drink fresh or warmed with cinnamon and other spices of choice. As the cider ages it becomes apple cider vinegar. If you have a smaller harvest and want vinegar you can use the spent mash covered with water in the amount of vinegar you want. Let this set until it smells like vinegar, strain and cover with a towel until it achieves the strength you want. I store my vinegar in canning jars and store at room temp. Enjoy your cider.

[@bcroe8566]

When we had the freezer space we also froze it to later.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for the info 👍

[@AndrewBryantPianoTuner]

long i my ass I am from Somerset where Cider is made properly.

[@AndrewBryantPianoTuner]

I think I may send Pants some proper S eye der in the post

[@jeffreyshier9021]

Cool video.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks Jeff

[@kjstutzman7692]

I liked this video for a change of pace, thanks for making it! How long do those bags last, before the juice goes bad? Can you sell some of the juice bags? You may not become “rich”; but it would bring in some money! 😊

[@Ants_Pants]

Hey and thanks 👍 the bags should last for a year or a bit longer

[@ShainAndrews]

I don't even want to know... Oh you are serious. I thought we were going off into the rhubarb on this one. Well in typical Ants Pants fashion... we did go off into the rhubarb. Enjoyed the ride!

[@Ants_Pants]

😂😅👍

[@colinbrooks6290]

Lmaso….. two Inpack drivers….. no apple moonshine….. all good 😁

[@klausrobben1683]

a very goog job with your children

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks Klaus !

[@ImpyChan]

Given the choice between the rolling thing and just putting a pad or low stool on the ground and taking a seat to grab as many apples as I can in range... I'd probably go with the latter. The rolling cage thing would simply frustrate me by how many times it had to roll over the same apple before it'd pick it up. But I have some disability issues, so generally find seated tasks less painful than standing, so maybe I just think about the problem differently to begin with. Although... now that I'm thinking about this more, there might be a better way to not even have to pick them up in future? Keeping the grass cut short and putting a net or cloth or tarp or something around the base of the tree right when the first apple falls, then waiting until all the apples have fallen and just using the material to lift them off the ground and tilt them into the baskets seems like it'd maybe work? You already have tarps and stuff lying around, so next time you notice apples happening it might at least be worth a try to streamline the collection part of the process. Bigger vats for pasteurizing, perhaps heated outside over a fire rather than making a sauna of the house, might solve some of the frustration and expense of the bottling process, too. Sadly, I think your pressing process is already about as efficient as you can currently make it without spending any money... it's just an obnoxious, time-consuming task that is only enlivened by many hands and good company. A friend of mine has cider pressing parties for specifically that reason.

[@Ants_Pants]

Yeah that would help a lot gotta try it out next season. Thanks for the tips

[@macmroz]

How to change 'a defeat of harvest' into 'a profit of harvest'. Always a lot of work, but it makes family closer. Not like screens in hands.

[@Ants_Pants]

Hehe yes i agree

[@TheDisorderly1]

I was getting concerned until supermom showed up! lol

[@Ants_Pants]

Lol

[@Girts_164]

Nice video. You need what Germans call einkochautomat it's very convenient and already comes with tap so you can fill up bags faster.

[@Ants_Pants]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Birch_Lv]

Umm mmm apple juice.😎 Insane amount of juice.🙃 Is this only one-person usage or do other family members also use 👪?

[@Ants_Pants]

so good

[@chuckpechan]

😊

[@superloic2000]

Hello, in Normandy, we have spécial apple for make cider, it's not the same for apple juice or apple pie 😉

[@Ants_Pants]

I see :)

[@scottnyc6572]

I thought you were going to use the explosives to mash up the apples.lol. Maybe an Ants Pants fireworks show if you get bored.

[@Ants_Pants]

😆

[@ernie4125]

Ants where do you get those plastic bags, the local farm shop, or? I did try to do similar thing with cherry's, but I hate the bottling up process.

[@Ants_Pants]

just got them at a local grocery store Ernie. They were about 20 cents per bag.

[@Ronin_72]

I just went through a bout of back/sciatic nerve pain. I did spinal traction, makenzie protocol, and dr. mcgills big 3 saved my back. As far as a routine spinal traction few times a day and mcgills big 3. The makenzie protocal only do till you get better.

[@Ants_Pants]

Wonderful!

[@jknicknickerson674]

Ant, apple juice is juice pressed out of an apple with no additives, apple cider is the juice pressed out of an apple plus additives like brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg etc.

[@Ants_Pants]

👌👍

[@andrusw5015]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@uknowbigdaddyo5837]

After you chop them up, soak them in water over night before pressing them

[@Ants_Pants]

Wouldnt thay dilute the taste?

[@uknowbigdaddyo5837]

@@Ants_Pants yea just a little. The water will help pull the liquid out of the apples overnight or longer as well as help soften them up.