Cider Digest #0376

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· 8 months ago

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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