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Subject: Cider Digest #1533, 11 October 2009
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Cider Digest #1533 11 October 2009
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
Winter Cider Making Courses (Andrew Zimmerman)
Re: Cider Digest #1532, 3 October 2009 (Steury and Noel)
Zambelli fruit grinder short review (Alan Yelvington)
Harbor Freight press in action (Alan Yelvington)
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Subject: Winter Cider Making Courses
From: Andrew Zimmerman <drewzimmer@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:37:51 -0700
WSU Mount Vernon is offering the advanced course Cider Production -
Science, Technology and Quality Control Dec. 7 - 11. This series of
advanced seminars is aimed at cider makers looking to start a
commercial operation or are already producing cider for sale. This
course builds on Principles and Practice course which is a
prerequisite. In addition, there will be a Cider Sensory Evaluation
Seminar on Saturday, Dec. 12. Cost for the 5 day course is $950 and
the Saturday course $190.
The deadline for sign up is Oct. 16 and although the class size is
limited, there is still room.
For course details see Peter Mitchell's website
http://www.cider-academy.co.uk/usa_scheduled_courses.shtml
For registration questions and information contact Jeanne Burritt, 360
848 6123,jburritt@wsu.edu or Charla Echlin 810 853 7494, cechlin@wsu.edu
Drew Zimmerman
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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #1532, 3 October 2009
From: Steury and Noel <steurynoel@potlatch.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:10:45 -0700
re: Andrew's musing on keeving and PME
In his long discussion of defecation, or keeving, Warcollier
(Charlie) never mentions PME, presumably because it had not yet been
isolated. Temperature is crucial in his discussion, as it still is.
All the cidermakers we've visited in Normandy have chilling tanks.
One interesting thing Warcollier mentions in an aside is adding pear
juice to initiate defecation.
Tim Steury
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Steury and Noel
1021 McBride Road
Potatch, ID 83855 USA
(208) 875-0804
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Subject: Zambelli fruit grinder short review
From: Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:34:25 -0400
This isn't a sales pitch, but it seems like a good place to do a product
review for folks looking to make an investment.
I bought a Zambelli Mulimix grinder sight unseen, so I was pretty
anxious when I dropped in my first basket of fruit. I can say that the
grinder does a great job and doesn't even begin to choke on the fruit.
The claim is 800 Kg/hour, and I believe it. I got mine from Gino Pinto
(www.ginopinto.com) in NY for about $1,000 delivered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yy8vT0dgnM
The Mulimax claims 1,500 Kg/hour.
This are 220V products, and mine came with a short European plug
attached. You will need to replace the cord with a North American (or
wherever you are) plug to make it work. There are a lot of 220V plugs
in the U.S., so I opted for a 30A 4-wire generator twist-lock
connection, and made an adapter to convert it to a 3 pin welder style
connector since we have a jack in our garage. I put a 30' cord on it to
give me some flexibility on where I would put it in the garage, or just
outside on the driveway.
The downside of some of the 3-wire connectors is that they do not have a
ground. Although the neutral is technically connected to ground at the
service entrance, I recommend grounding the grinder.
Clean-up is easy. Two bolts hold the feed horn in place, and removing
them gives you full access to the blades and screen. Running water in
the horn shakes loose most of the leftover stuff, and opening the
grinder lets you pull out bits and pieces trapped behind joining surfaces.
All in all, a good investment that will take me a very long time to outgrow.
Al Yelvington
Russell, PA
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Subject: Harbor Freight press in action
From: Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:37:02 -0400
Well it works! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u0RW-HzHK8
I'm thinking that the basic configuration could press up to 4 bushels at
once.
Al Yelvington
Russell, PA
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