Cider Digest #0280

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 · 7 months ago

Subject: Making my own cider? 
Date: Mon, 3 May 93 14:17:17 CDT 
From: hinz@memphis.med.ge.com (David Hinz) 

Greetings! 

I'd like to start dabbling in hard cider making.  I've made lots of beer, 
some mead, and some wine, so cider seems like a natural combination of 
all of the above. 

I live out in the "middle of nowhere", so I have access to fresh apples (in 
season, 'nach), and I've seen in the "welcome" file which varieties of 
apples to use for various flavorings.  My question is this: 

How can I juice apples myself, without getting a pectin haze in the final 
result?  (I assume this would be a possible problem)?  The orchard that is 
closest to me refuses to sell "un-stabilized" cider.  For grins, I dumped 
a packet of (rehydrated) ale yeast in a gallon of their cider and yes, 
it in fact does kill the yeast.  (I needed to use up the last of my 
dry yeast anyway, and I'd rather do that on one gallon of apple cider than 
on a batch of beer!) 

So, what equipment should I get for juicing the apples?  Is there an antique 
tool to do this (preferable), or a modern one?  How active is this list? 

Thanks for any info, 
Dave Hinz 
hinz@memphis.med.ge.com 

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