Cider Digest #0655

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Subject: Cider Digest #655, 1 April 1997 
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Cider Digest #655                                         1 April 1997 

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                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Thin Cider (Kathy Hutchins) 
  mold? ("Michael Gerega") 

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Subject: Thin Cider 
From: Kathy Hutchins <KHUTCHINS@VAX1.IUPUI.EDU> 
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:27:51 -0500 

Ernie Sargent: I second Steve Butts, although I think he may 
overestimate the time required. My cider always tastes 
thin when I bottle it. I take out a bottle to sample regularly 
and I usually begin to notice an improvement within weeks, 
not months, and cider 3 months in the bottle is usually getting 
pretty good. This year's first batch in the bottle (one of my 
husband's) was decidedly unpleasant at bottling, yet five 
weeks later was getting rave reviews from a pair of guests, who  
managed to run through a quarter of the 5 gallon batch by downing 
seven bottles at our house and cadging another six pack to take 
home. I'll be lucky to have any left after six months to see if 
Steve is right.  

This past weekend I bottled my first attempt at raspberry cider. 
This stuff smelled irresistable when I racked it off the lees 
about ten weeks ago, and tasted rough and acidic but very 
robust and fruity. Now it's quite disappointing -- thin, 
and it has a somewhat "grassy" taste and aroma. But I'll bet 
by May the guests at my daughter's First Communion reception 
will be clamouring for more. 

Kathy Hutchins 
khutchins@vax1.iupui.edu 

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Subject: mold? 
From: "Michael Gerega" <mgerega@blwn0009.bausch.com> 
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 07:25:51 est 

     I was preparing to bottle my lastest batch of cider when I noticed a  
     thin white layer of something floating on top of the cider.  I've  
     never run across this before.   It covers the entire surface area the  
     cider.  Is it some type of mold?  Can I save the 5 gallons of cider?   
     It appears to taste OK and fermentation stopped about 4 weeks ago.   
     Any suggestions from you knowledgable folks out there? 

     Mike 

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