Cider Digest #0039

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Subject: Cider Digest #39 Tue Oct 1 18:00:06 EDT 1991 
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 18:00:09 EDT 
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Cider Digest #39          Tue Oct 1 18:00:07 EDT 1991 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
Jay Hersh, Digest Coordinator 

Contents: 
  Sulphurous smells (GERMANI) 
  Re: questions in Cider Digest (Greg Roody) 

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1991 11:13 EST 
From: GERMANI%NSLVAX@venus.ycc.yale.edu 
Subject: Sulphurous smells 

Greetings, 
        This past weekend I started my batch of cider.  The recipe was 4.75  
gal. fresh cider (I couldn't help drinking some) of which 1gal was heated  
to 160F for 30 min. and had 2.5 lb light DME, 1lb honey (clover) and some  
mulling spices tossed in.  I pitched Edme ale yeast at 70F (after aerating  
by stirring) and within 12 hours had a nice fermentation going.  
        Now to my question.  After a day of glugging I noticed a sulphurous  
smell coming from the cider.  I have heard that this does happen with meads  
and it will disappear, but has anyone had this happen with cider?  Should  
I be concerned? 

                             Joe 

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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 08:19:15 PDT 
From: Greg Roody <roody%whzguy.enet@necsc.enet.dec.com> 
Subject: Re: questions in Cider Digest 

In response to your questions, I currently live and brew in Arlington, 
MA; although if plans go as we'd like, I will be moving to a new 
brewery in Northboro sometime after the end of January.   

I'm not sure when this "stuff"  (for lack of a catchy name, I'm just 
calling it  sticky apple wine) will be ready, it took off like a bat 
outa Dan Quales bellfrie and I still have the blow-off tube in it.  I 
suspect it will be about three months till it's consumable though.  
I'll let you know when it's done. 

I used Red Star "Wine Yeast"; I didn't see a number or strain on the 
lable, but I may have missed it. 

You mentioned the "wort processors"; is this the club that I've seen in 
Zymurgy?  I'm interested if you have any info on it. 

Thanks for the response, 

/greg 

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