Cider Digest #0734

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Subject: Cider Digest #734, 31 March 1998 
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Cider Digest #734                                         31 March 1998 

                 Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Using Syrups? (Tim Taylor) 
  American Cider Apple Trees? ("Wegeng,Donald") 

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Subject: Using Syrups? 
From: Tim Taylor <tim.taylor@newsedge.com> 
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:23:14 -0500 

        I was wondering if anybody out there has had any experience with 
Fruit Syrups (such as those made by Monin) in brewing cider.  I would like 
to try making a cherry/apple cider using the fruit syrup, but I don't have 
any idea on how much to use, etc. 

        Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Tim Taylor 
"Work is the curse of the Drinking Class" 
Oscar Wilde 

"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life" 
George Bernard Shaw 

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Subject: American Cider Apple Trees? 
From: "Wegeng,Donald" <Donald_Wegeng@xn.xerox.com> 
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:06:30 PST 

Last weekend's spring-like weather prompted me to cut down my two  
 uninteresting apple trees.  Now I need to fill the empty space! 

I need help deciding what apple varieties to plant.  I have room for  
 two trees, and I would prefer to go with traditional American cider  
 varieties (but I'll listen to other ideas).  I already have a good  
 source for Golden Russet juice, so that obvious choice is out. 

I have yet to find a definitive reference for American apple varieties  
 (like Morgan&Richards is for British apples), but I have tried to  
 makes some guesses based on the descriptions in the Miller Nurseries  
 catalog.  Does anyone have opinions about the following varieties: 

Arkblack/Black Twig, Calville Blanc, Cox Orange Pippin, Duchess of  
 Oldenburg, Gravenstein, Pound Sweet, Red Astrachan, Roxbury Russet,  
 Sops of Wine, Spitzenburg, Wagener, Winesap, Wolf River. 

Are there other varieties that I should be considering? 

Thanks, 
/Don 
dw@gsp.org 

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