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Article updated: 9/23/2011 11:48 PM

A look at how apple cider is made in Maple Park

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Manuel Rivera brings in a bin of apples into the cooler to be processed later into apple cider at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park.

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After undergoing a pasteurizing process, the cider is then bottled into gallon jugs.

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Apples come flying out of the washer and up a conveyor belt to the grinder where the juice is extracted from the apples.

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Leo Gutierrez extracts the pressings from the grinder to be later used as fertilizer in the orchard.

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Alfonso Umana loads the apple washer with apples to be washed and processed into apple cider.

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A behind-the-scenes look at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park during its peak season: the apple harvest. See exactly how all that delicious apple cider is made for the fall weekend crowds.

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Images: Behind the scenes at Kuipers Family Farm