Cider Digest #0053

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Subject: Cider Digest #53 Mon Oct 28 11:00:23 EST 1991 
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 11:00:25 EST 
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Cider Digest #53          Mon Oct 28 11:00:23 EST 1991 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
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Contents: 
  First Batch (David Van Iderstine) 
                              
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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 09:58:10 EST 
From: orgasm!davevi@uunet.uu.net (David Van Iderstine) 
Subject: First Batch 

    I'm making my first real batch of hard cider (that is, purifying it & then 
adding yeast, as opposed to just letting it sit as it comes) and I'd like to 
get some advice on a few points-well okay, many points. 

    First, what are the opinions regarding the different sterilization options? 
There's boiling, steeping, and sulfites. I went the potassium metabisulfite 
route for this batch, at about 60 ppm. 

    Assuming sulfite sterilization, how long should the cider sit before pitchin 
g 
the yeast? And what about yeast choice? Adjuncts? Yeast nutrients? 

    Then how often should it be racked, and is it necesary to perform any furthe 
r 
sterilizations, or maybe additives for clarification? Finally, how long should I 
wait to bottle the stuff, and should I prime it, a la wort, for a carbonated 
product? WHEW! 

While you're at it, anything else I should know, like yeast selection, sweet vs. 
 dry 
product, apple blends, etc? 

Thanks in advance. For the time, please repond via e-mail, as I don't (yet) get  
the 
cider digest. 

Dave Van Iderstine, demented rural homebrewer 
 ..uunet!pharlap!orgasm!davevi 

 
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