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Cider Digest #0376
Subject: Re: Cider Digest #373 Tue Nov 16 18:00:02 EST 1993
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 13:09:04 -0800 (PST)
From: _Ralph Reed <reedr@BCC.ORST.EDU>
Dear Cider Group:
Please continue my subscription at the same address, which is:
reedr@bcc.orst.edu
I subscribed to this group around Nov. 1 and received a couple
weeks of postings, all with the heading "Are you sure that you
want....".Well, I sure do want to receive more postings from this group.
Our bulletin board software is very difficult to access, and the direct
e-mail is wonderful. Thanks a lot for the postings that I have received.
I toured Spain and France during the first two weeks of November and I
plan on contributing a few words to this group about it.
Thanks.
Ralph Reed
reedr@bcc.orst.edu
(Oregon State University)
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 17:37 EST
From: Steve Jones 412-337-2052 <@mrgate.al.alcoa.com:JONES3%A1@ALFIE.x.org>
Subject: first batch
I bottled my first batch of cider last night after a 13-day ferment,
racking once. The final gravity was down to 1.000! and the liquid was
still rather cloudy (though this doesn't bother me). I used 2 packets of
dry ale yeast, in an attempt to produce a higher final gravity than
champagne yeast, but got a rather tart, dry, final product. Other than
adding lactose, what other steps could I take to produce a sweeter final
product?
Following the suggestion of Dan in Digest #374, I filled a 2 liter plastic
pop container in addition to my glass bottles. When I checked it this
morning, it was firm! I am now nervous about the survival of my bottles.
I believe that fermentation was virtually complete - the airlock was
only bubbling ~once a minute. I used 1/2 cup corn sugar for carbonation.
Should I expect trouble on this one? This procedure has worked well for me
over nearly 20 batches of beer - does cider behave differently? I don't
want to have to open and recap my bottles, but I certainly don't want any
glass grenades either.
Any suggestions will be welcomed.
Steve
Jones3@al.alcoa.com
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