Cider Digest #1568

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Subject: Cider Digest #1568, 5 June 2010 
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Cider Digest #1568                                         5 June 2010 

                 Cider and Perry Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  Bottle Fillers (WhetstoneCiderWorks) 

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Subject: Bottle Fillers 
From: WhetstoneCiderWorks <whetstoneciderworks@gmail.com> 
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 07:28:31 -0400 

    Rob Miller asked a question about gravity bottle fillers in the 
last digest, which is a subject that I too have been trying to make sense of. 
There is quite a price range of products on the market, all of which seem 
to do roughly the same thing.  Of course I would like to spend less money, 
but not for a machine which will break down and/or require maintenance 
while a barrel of cider sits half empty.  I have also noticed that some 
of these units have built-in inert gas spargers.  Are there advantages or 
disadvantages associated with this? 
    There are also some vacuum fillers available on the market, some 
of which seem to have very good reputations and to be well made.  I do 
have a concern about these though, which is that a vacuum style pump would 
pull any dissolved CO2 out of solution, essentially creating a flat cider. 
I would not be trying to bottle "sparkling" cider with this machine, but 
I often find that my cider has a pleasant little CO2 tingle to it , which 
I suppose is CO2 kept in solution by the pressure barrier of the airlock. 
Does anyone have experience using a vacuum style pump or bottle filler, 
and do they indeed pull gas out of cider or wine? 
    I suppose I could always inoculate my cider prior to bottling with 
a mini-dosage of sugar and yeast, just enough to send a few bubbles up 
but not enough to push corks out. 
    I'm beginning to think they had it right when they tapped an oak 
barrel of cider and invited everyone they knew over for a party! 

Jason MacArthur 
Whetstone CiderWorks 
PO Box 512 
1073 MacArthur Road 
Marlboro, VT 05344 

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