Cider Digest #1240

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Subject: Cider Digest #1240, 17 July 2005 
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Cider Digest #1240                                         17 July 2005 

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  Re: Loooong ferments (Tim Bray) 
  S.G. ("Silver Creek Cyder Co.") 

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Subject: Re: Loooong ferments 
From: Tim Bray <tbray@mcn.org> 
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:44:37 -0700 

>What I'd find surprising if I had fermentation go that slowly is not having 
>the cider go "off" in one way or another before the alcohol started to come 
>up to some useful level. 

I worried about that a lot, especially with the 71B batch that took over a  
month to get started.  But so far, no obvious nastiness. 

>Did you perhaps sulfite a bit too much?  I'm asking because that would 
>protect the juice from various other beasties and also slow down the yeast 
>a bunch. 

I had exactly the same suspicion.   I mixed a 5% solution, then calculated  
the dose to yield 50 ppm in 5 gal, and added that to the top of each  
carboy.  So the sulfite concentration at the top would have been high; down  
at the bottom, not so much.   I couldn't get a good pH reading with the  
stupid strips, but the TA was only around 0.5%.   I use sulfite mainly to  
suppress mold, which only grows on the surface (where the oxygen is), and  
to help precipitate solids. 

Cheers, 
Tim 

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Subject: S.G. 
From: "Silver Creek Cyder Co." <silverckcyder@austarnet.com.au> 
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:06:31 +1000 

Question??? 
What effect doe's suspended solids and airation have on Hydromentre 
readings in must, as both have a direct effect on the density of the 
liquid. 

And, if there is a profound change in S.G. resulting from this, has 
anyone out-there calculated, charted, plottd or even noticed  the 
changes. 

To those more learned than I, this might seem like kindergarten stuff, 
but as I have never heard, or read of this, maybe its not such a dumb 
question after all. 

Cydering on 

Dave Orson 
Silver Creek Cyder. 

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