Cider Digest #0289

eZine lover (@eZine)

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 · 7 months ago

Subject: 1st Try At Cyser 
Date: 20 May 1993 15:32:09 +1000 
From: CS193560223@LUSTA.latrobe.edu.au 

Howdy, 
        Recently I decided to buy several 2 liter glass bottles full of Apple  
Juice, and make them into cider. So far, I have only made one bottle, and it 
seems to have turned out quite well. I emptied a little juice to make room for 
the honey, and being stupid as we all are whilst making things for the first 
timel, I did not measure the honey. All the same, it got to the stage that  
it became very difficult to dissolve the honey in the slightly cold juice. 
After this was done I added a Vierka lagar yeast and continued the fermentation 
in a fridge at 16 degrees. Overall, I have made a few mistakes. It tastes quite 
nice, but rubbery! Not sure why, but I did have a rubber stopper attached to 
the top. I should have racked it off the yeast sediment earlier, but it has 
cleared quite well. It has now fully fermented, and is sitting in the pantry 
at about 24 degrees celcius whilst I wait for a friend to return my bottle 
capper. One question remains, to carbonate or not to carbonate !!!!! 

PS : I would just like to comment on the excellent quality of talk in 
this mail list. I hope Cider/Cyser making will become more popular. 

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