Cider Digest #0080

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Subject: Cider Digest #80 Mon Dec 2 18:00:04 EST 1991 
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 91 18:00:05 EST 
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Cider Digest #80          Mon Dec 2 18:00:04 EST 1991 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
Jay Hersh, Digest Coordinator 

Contents: 
  Slow Cranberry (Jay Hersh) 
  Problems with Carbonation (Tony Willoughby) 

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Date: Mon, 02 Dec 91 12:13:50 EST 
From: Jay Hersh <hersh@expo.lcs.mit.edu> 
Subject: Slow Cranberry 

Hmmm. I wouldn't say my Cranberry Cider fermented really fast. Actually  
I thought it went sort of slow, but there was steady activity, and it did  
finish. I used the Epernay from Red Star. I wouldn't worry too much. 

How much yeast did you add, and did you aerate the mixture (must ??) 
before pitching? If not you may just have a smaller colony size, but as long as  
it is healthy it will keep fermenting. 

You could try starting another pack of yeast in warm water, then add it to  
a small amount of unpreserved cider or corn sugar (I'd recommend cider though). 
When it appears active, toss it in with the slow ferment. This should give it a 
kick. 

 - Jay 

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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 91 17:02:00 EST 
From: twilloug@brynmawr.webo.dg.com (Tony Willoughby) 
Subject: Problems with Carbonation 

Help!  I'm trying to Relax and all, but I've got some serious concerns 
about my first batch of cider.  I attempted to make a sparkling cider 
with a recipe I got from the Cat's Meow. 

This is the recipe I used: 

5 gallons       Fresh Cider  
3 pounds        Light Brown Sugar 
3 pounds        Honey 
2 packages      Pasteur Champagne Dry Yeast 
                (Red Star) 

After eleven days, I racked it to a glass carboy.  13 days later I racked 
it again, and bottled 10 days after that.  It was primed with 1/2 gallon 
of fresh cider and 1/2 pound of honey.  The final gravity was 0.993 (no 
O.G available). 

After about 3 weeks in the bottle, there is no sign of carbonation.  Is this  
a problem?  As I said, this is my first attempt at cider, how long should 
one expect to wait for carbonation to develop?  If there is a problem, is 
it correctable?  Is opening each bottle and re-priming a viable solution? 

Any advice would be welcome, and probably help me to relax.  :-) 

- --  
Tony Willoughby               | He that buys land buys many stones. 
tony_willoughby@dg.com        |    He that buys flesh buys many bones. 
                              | He that buys eggs buys many shells, 
                              |    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else. 
                              |                       - An Old English Saw 

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