Cider Digest #0395

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Cider Digest

 · 7 months ago

Subject: Yeasty taste 
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1993 10:03:29 -0230 
From: tkeough@kean.ucs.mun.ca 

Hello to all, 
        I hope everyone is having a great Xmas break and that the new year 
brings nothing but great cider to all. A little while back I put on a  
batch of sparkling cider from a kit which was a gift. It contained the  
apple concentrate (2.0 l) yeast etc. After following the directions and  
anxiously awaiting the finished product, I was none the less disappointed 
when I discovered a strong yeasty taste.  
        I was relieved to find someone else on the net had a similar problem, 
and even more so to 
 hear that a good cold snap should kill of the yeast 
and stop fermentation. I have done this with several bottles by placing them 
in the lower part of my fridge for a week but the yeast flavour still remains. 
How cold should I let the cider get to ensure that the yeast is completely 
dead? Should I leave it for a longer period of time in the fridge before 
drinking? Any ideas or sugestions would be appreciated I have 3 dozen 
left. 

Trevor Keough 

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