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Subject: Cider Digest #753, 5 July 1998
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Cider Digest #753 5 July 1998
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor
Contents:
No Fizz (Donna Ferron)
Smell in secondary fermentation ("Keith Barkenhagen")
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Subject: No Fizz
From: Donna Ferron <FerronD@sanchez.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:20:28 -0400
Hello ,
I made my first batch of cider and while it tastes good, there's no
carbonation (and there is supposed to be). I let it sit for the amount
of time called for in the recipe. Does anyone think this is salvageable
or should I just hope my next batch works out? It was suggested that
maybe if it sits longer, the carbonation might occur.
Thanks
D.R. Ferron
"Only when a human heart has been emptied of false apprehensions and
made hollow
like the reed, can one play one's own melody."
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Subject: Smell in secondary fermentation
From: "Keith Barkenhagen" <barky@lansharks.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:34:11 -0700
Well, let me preface this with saying that I am a VERY inexperienced cider
maker (this is my first batch), and I'm not sure this is the place to ask
this as I may have made a wine instead of a cider for my first try.
I am making a 5 gallon batch, which I did the primary fermentation in a 6
gal fermentation bucket and then racked into a 5 gal carboy. The juice was
made up of 5 qts of fresh apricot nectar and the rest of the 4.5 gallons was
a mix of Gravenstein and other apple juice.
The primary fermentation went well (it took only 4 days), and now it's in
the secondary fermentation stage and it's been about 8 days since I racked
it into the carboy. I tried a bit of it this morning, and although it
tasted good, it had an off smell in it. It was kind of like a natural
rubber smell, or a slightly sulphery. It definately came from the cider,
and was not the air in the secondary fermenter. I was wondering if anyone
knew if that was normal.
The specifics:
Yeast: Pastuer Champagne yeast (Red Star I think?)
Starting Gravity: 1.075
End of first fermentation: 0.995
At this point I added 5 qts of Granny Smith apple juice to top it up to
about 2 inches below the top of the carboy, and it started spitting up like
it was going through primary fermentation again for about 2 days. The
granny smith juice had a SG of 1.050.
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End of Cider Digest #753
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