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Subject: Cider Digest #558, 11 October 1995
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #558 11 October 1995
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor
Contents:
salicylic acid (Andy Rowan)
Sal..Acid (Spell?) (Peter Matra)
floor sweepings... (Cider Digest)
Potassium Sorbate & Cider (Ray Robert)
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Subject: salicylic acid
From: Andy Rowan <rowan@ocean.rutgers.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 14:28:03 -0400
I believe aspirin is acetosalicylic acid ... but I think salicylic
acid IS what they put in wart-removing medicine.
Someone mentioned that it is now outlawed in wine ... but even if it
weren't, there are lots of things used in commercial production that
are only safe if very carefully controlled amounts are used. I don't
have that kind of attention span, so I steer clear of them.
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Subject: Sal..Acid (Spell?)
From: Peter Matra <stalkwol@cloud9.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:58:26 -0400 (EDT)
A little more information on Saliyic Acid or whatever it is. I'm
into herbs and stuff, and that compund shows up in White Willow Bark
which was an alternative for Aspirin that doesn't give an upset stomach.
Well anyway, this is a Cider digest, not herb digest!
The season is upon, fresh pressed Cider. I was thinking about using Ale
yeast. I'm new at brewing cider. Tried once, but failed. I have had some
good brews, mead, wine. I wasw wondering what yeast to use. I have both
Montrachet, and Doric Ale Yeast my box of brewing wonders. Maybe I'll try
both?!
To that person wondering about cyser...look through the Mead digest.
There is a couple of threads on cyser every once and a while. There was
even a prize winning recipe. In their archives I know there are some recipes.
FTP to ftp.stanford.edu /pub/clubs/homebrew/mead
Pete Matra
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Subject: floor sweepings...
From: cider@raven.eklektix.com (Cider Digest)
Date: 6 Oct 95 23:47:52 MDT (Fri)
A note from the Digest janitor...
It's now been more than a year since I took over the digest from Jay Hersh
(to whom, many thanks for getting it going and keeping it going prior to my
tenure).
It's quite time to let the old x.org addresses die--they haven't really
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Subject: Potassium Sorbate & Cider
From: Ray Robert <rayr@bah.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 95 12:11:00 PDT
Hello!
Have a couple questions before I try my next cider batch. I bought some
pennsylvania 100% cider but it has potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate
added. I understand potassium sorbate is put in the cider to kill the wild
yeast. Am I correct? and will this also kill any yeast I put in this cider
to ferment? I also want to know how to maintain some residual sweetness in
the cider. The last batch fermented out completely and was nice and dry but
lacked sweetness. What should I do?
Thanks
Regards
Robert Ray
Tampa FL
rayr@bah.com
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