Cider Digest #0323

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Subject: Cider Digest #323 Fri Aug 20 18:00:01 EDT 1993 
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 18:00:02 -0400 
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Cider Digest #323          Fri Aug 20 18:00:01 EDT 1993 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
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Contents: 
  Bottled apple juice labels. (Leonard J. Schmidt) 

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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 21:40:08 -0500 (CDT) 
From: n13@krypton.mankato.msus.edu (Leonard J. Schmidt) 
Subject: Bottled apple juice labels. 

Greetings all. 

        I have been reading rec.crafts.brewing for about a month now and I 
have seen references to keeping the wort away from light while it is 
fermenting.  In several of my wine books they also mention keeping the 
bottled wine away from light to let it age properly (something about the 
sun's light killing or changing something in the wine).  I've been keeping 
my first batch of cider in a brown paper bag in my pantry and i've been 
visiting it every morning and every night to watch the various stages of 
fermentation and to make sure it doesn't bubble over.  Although I believe 
the amount of light that gets to it is both minimal and not direct sunlight, 
I still have my fears for it.  Is sunlight a big problem in cider/wine 
making?  Should this be locked up in my dark basement instead? 

 
And speaking of wild yeasts.... 

Is there anyone else in the Midwest (MN & surrounding states) that has 
experience in using the wild yeasts present on the apples to make  
their cider?  Does the cider turn out good or sour or ??? 

 
 -Leonard Schmidt 
n13@krypton.mankato.msus.edu 
  

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