Cider Digest #0058

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Subject: Cider Digest #58 Fri Nov 1 11:00:03 EST 1991 
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 91 11:00:06 EST 
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Cider Digest #58          Fri Nov 1 11:00:04 EST 1991 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
Jay Hersh, Digest Coordinator 

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Date:     Fri, 1 Nov 91 10:33 EST 
From: <HAPANOWI%CERAMICS.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu> 
Subject:  

 Here  is  the info on my first cider. 
 The recipe is based on one from Jay Hersh. 

                4 gal. cider 
                1 # amber dry malt 
                2 cups cane sugar 
                1 cup brown sugar 
                2 pks Red Star champagne yeast 

  Boil  1 gallon of water.  Dissolve sugars.  Cool and add to cider.  Pitch 
yeast.   Transfer to secondary when fermentation is slow.  Keg with 1/4 cup 
corn  sugar  and top off keg with fresh cider.  initial gravity 1.052 final 
gravity 1.001 

  This stuff is very dry and tart.  It is not clear but has a sight haze to 
it which may be attributed to the added cider (would gelatin help this).  I 
usually mix it with some fresh cider and zooom! 

  A  few nights ago I got to try Woodpecker cider.  Good stuff.  Can anyone 
pass  along  a  recipe to get a similar batch.  The draft cider that I made 
had  the  same  head behavior as the Woodpecker, the problem is the lack of 
the residual sweetness.  This cider bit is great, you can make a nice drink 
from  some  really fresh ingredients.  Cider is quite a bit cheaper to make 
than  beer,  the draft cider was about $9 per five gallons.  Don't take the 
beer from me, but give me more cider. 

Rick Hapanowicz 
HAPANOWICZ@CERAMICS 

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