Cider Digest #1474

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Subject: Cider Digest #1474, 9 November 2008 
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Cider Digest #1474                                         9 November 2008 

                 Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Brun but no chapeau (Donald Davenport) 
  clearing (Richard Blackburn) 
  Cider Making ("John Engstrom") 
  Few people brew it here or are even really sure what it is ("Tim Barrie") 
  Grinders, scratters, crushers, oh no! (Alan Yelvington) 

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Subject: Brun but no chapeau 
From: Donald Davenport <djdavenport@earthlink.net> 
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:25:40 -0600 

> Andrew asked: 

> First, what levels of chalk and salt did you use? Second, I'm 
> wondering 
> about "table salt".  They contain salts in addition to sodium chloride 
> (eg ferricyanides) to prevent caking and to preserve free-running, so 
> I'm just wondering if they are inhibiting the yeast in addition to the 
> sodium chloride itself. 

We used 3 grams CaCO3 and 4 grams table salt per ten liters.  In 
hindsight, should have taken your advice and just used Calcium 
Chloride, but we had the other in hand.  Maybe pharmacologically pure 
NaCl would have made a difference sans any other additive. 

In the meantime, we racked it off into clean containers--it was 
getting pretty funky--and a fermentation finally got started, at 
about day sixteen. 

Donald Davenport 
Santa Fe, NM 

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Subject: clearing 
From: Richard Blackburn <rblackburn@mindspring.com> 
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:45:43 -0400 (EDT) 

I am fermenting a cider I made from pasteurized, yet unfiltered apple juice. 
It has been in the secondary for about 1 month and is very slowly clearing. 
Does anyone have a suggestion for clearing the cider? 
- --- 
Richard Blackburn 

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Subject: Cider Making 
From: "John Engstrom" <jwengstrom@gmail.com> 
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:00:57 -0600 

Hi, 

I am interested in the cider making process and have some fermenting at the 
moment.  I am not that familiar with the process, however, I have some 
background in winemaking and beer brewing. I am interested in any 
information out there on cider making. 

Thanks for the help, 

John Engstrom 

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Subject: Few people brew it here or are even really sure what it is 
From: "Tim Barrie" <tim_barrie@msn.com> 
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 16:52:39 -0700 

Hi everyone, I'm new to this Digest and I have a couple of questions.  I am 
in the process of testing a cider brewing kit and am wondering whether 
anyone else has used one and what kind of results they achieved? 

I have brewed my own cider before but wanted to be able to recommend to 
people ways to get started.  I am considering recommending kit as one 
possible way.  Along with testing it myself I wanted to gather other 
experiences and recommendations. 

I'm English but live in the States and I have found that few people brew 
here it or are even really sure what it is.  I am building a blog talking 
about all things Hard Cider.  I'm doing this with the intent of encouraging 
people to try it. 

My blog is http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/ please feel free to take a look 
at it.  I have only produced a couple of pages so far but am attempting to 
collect tips, tricks and recipes.  I hope its okay to ask for input in this 
publication? 

If I use any input I would happy to provide acknowledgements of authorship 
and linkbacks as requested. 

Contact me at makehardcidereasy@gmail.com. 

Thanks tim 

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Subject: Grinders, scratters, crushers, oh no! 
From: Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org> 
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:34:45 -0500 

I'm looking for home-brew solutions for making pomace out of apples next 
fall.  Has anyone had luck with the garbage disposal solution, or 
modifying a chipper/shredder?  One thing that I don't want to do is 
crank by hand! 

I've seen a lot of stuff on the web, but no good documentation of a 
successful machine. 

Al Yelvington 

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