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Subject: Cider Digest #347 Mon Oct 4 18:00:02 EDT 1993
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 18:00:03 -0400
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Cider Digest #347 Mon Oct 4 18:00:03 EDT 1993
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues
Jay Hersh, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
home-built apple press? (Ralph Snel)
Ooops! ("Anderso_A")
First time jitters ("Anderso_A")
First time jitters
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 10:03:53 MET
From: Ralph Snel <ralph@astro.lu.se>
Subject: home-built apple press?
Hi all,
Is it feasable to build your own press? I have access to a lot
of apples, no other way to cut them then a knife, and no press.
There is a commercial brewery in the neighbourhood that presses
2 kg of apples and will give you 1 liter of juice in return,
but you still have to pay about $0.50 for that liter.
How high should the pressure be for a decent press? What
materials are best?
What I had in mind for a first try was a long 4 by 4 (I have
one lying around that is about 12 ft long) with one of my anvils
on the end of it, using a leverage of 1:10 or so. I can pick
between my 120 pound or my 300 pound anvil.
Would such a contraption work?
Ralph
ralph@astro.lu.se
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Date: 4 Oct 93 07:22:00 EST
From: "Anderso_A" <Anderso_A@HQ.NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: Ooops!
Message Creation Date was at 4-OCT-1993 07:22:00
Sorry about the double transmission. I'm having problems
with my Mailer.
Cheers,
Andy A
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Date: 4 Oct 93 07:20:00 EST
From: "Anderso_A" <Anderso_A@HQ.NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: First time jitters
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From: Anderso_A at 55W3
Date: 10/1/93 7:12AM
To: cider@x.org at DDN
Subject: First time jitters
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Message Creation Date was at 4-OCT-1993 07:20:00
Greetings,
I've never made a cider before, but I'm quite curious
to do so. I brew beer quite often & whenever I'm
formulating a recipe a little voice in the back of my head
says,"Now! Do it! Make a cider!". But as usual, I ignore
most voices: spoken or tacit. However, now that I just
froze while riding my bicycle to work I have decided I must
finally create some warming, high-strength cider. I've done
some reading on the subject, but I still have a few
questions:
1. How do I prevent the cider from fermenting ALL the
sugars and leaving me with an extremely dry cider? Should I
be monitoring fermentation with a hydrometer and then stop
fermentation with Campden Tablets?
2. How do I make a "sparkling" cider? I would assume that
I prime my bottles just like with beer, but how much priming
solution and should it be dextrose or something else?
3. I have a package of Wyeast Chanpagne yeast. It's about
5 months old (refrigerated), so I want to make a starter
solution before pitching it. I assume I don't use the DME
that I'd normally use for beer. Should I just pitch it into
a jug of apple juice which has previously had a Campden
Tablet in it. Is any boiling required?
4. How long does it take for a Campden Tablet to finish
sublimating, i.e when can I pitch my yeast?
5. I have some apple juice and honey. How would I use
these to create a pseudo-Champagne?
I appreciate any and all help you can give.
Cheers,
Andy Anderson
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