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Cider Digest #1697
Subject: Cider Digest #1697, 4 March 2012
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #1697 4 March 2012
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
Cider Conference ("Rich Anderson")
Flash Pasteurization ("Rich Anderson")
Re: Esopus who?? (Claude Jolicoeur)
Capper ("Rich Anderson")
Seventh Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition ("GLINT...)
Cider Makers Orchard Workshop - Topworking Trees Basics ("Gary Awdey")
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Subject: Cider Conference
From: "Rich Anderson" <rhanderson@centurytel.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:34:36 -0800
Not having attended the recent Cider Conference, was there any
direction/consensus for changing existing TTB rules? Is this a legislative
matter or a rules issue? Is there a consensus on definitions and issues
among producers? Organization and communication is a major issue since most
craft producers are small, spread out and busy.
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Subject: Flash Pasteurization
From: "Rich Anderson" <rhanderson@centurytel.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:34:36 -0800
I like the idea, even better if I had a flash pasteurization unit. I think
the main issue is to insure that all the downstream equipment is clean. One
of the reasons bath pasteurization is popular is that it insures everything
is treated to heat; product, bottle and cap. It is extra work bottles in,
bottles out.
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Subject: Re: Esopus who??
From: Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:31:51 -0500
>In Cider Digest #1696, 2 March 2012:
>Subject: Esopus who??
>From: Dick Dunn <rcd@talisman.com>
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 22:40:59 -0700
>
>I stumbled yesterday on writing the name of an apple, realized I didn't
>know how to spell it, looked around, and couldn't find an authoritative
>answer.
>Is it
>Esopus Spitzenberg
>or
>Esopus Spitzenburg
Dick, from Apples of NY, Beach, 1905, vol.1, page 120:
ESOPUS SPITZENBURG
With mention of the following synonyms:
Aesopus Spitzemberg
Aesopus Spitzenberg,
Aesopus Spitzenburgh
and the same with Esopus...
Just pick your favorite!
Claude
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Subject: Capper
From: "Rich Anderson" <rhanderson@centurytel.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:01:10 -0800
It may be an adjustment problem, that causes the bottle to hang. I know from
experience with our equipment and it gets to be a micro adjustment to get it
just right on the pneumatic capper I have. This is may be difficult with
some capper units.
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Subject: Seventh Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition
From: "GLINTCAP" <GLINTCAP@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:09:46 -0600
On behalf of the membership and the board of directors of the
Association and on behalf of our esteemed competition organizer and
dedicated volunteers I am pleased to announce the call for entries for
the Seventh Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition
(GLINTCAP).
This uniquely inclusive competition is open to twenty categories of
apple and pear fermentation beverages, separated into various classes to
make evaluations more meaningful. There are separate divisions for
commercial producers (those with license to sell their products) and
noncommercial producers. Judging will take place in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, on March 31, 2012. Please note that entries must be received
by the deadline of March 23, 2011(about 2-1/2 weeks from now). If you
are shipping entries to the competition you should start making your
plans now!
In addition to our panel of returning judges we are happy to include
some well known faces from outside the region. Virginian Tom Burford,
author of Apples: A Catalog of International Varieties, co-author of
Fruit Grafters Handbook, and a well respected orchard and nursery
consultant specializing in the restoration, re-creation, and design of
historic sites, private estates, as well as commercial and backyard
orchards will be joining us for the first time. Also joining us for
the first time will be Nicole Leibon. One of the first hired full-time
as a cidermaking specialist at Farnum Hill Cider in Lebanon, New
Hampshire, Nicole has distinguished herself with her nose, palate and
imagination. Ben Watson, author of Cider: Hard and Sweet and co-author
of The Slow Food Guide to New York, will be visiting once again from his
New England home in Francestown, New Hampshire. The Cider Digest's own
Dick Dunn, principal author of the current BJCP cider and perry style
guidelines, will be coming from his home at the base of the foothills of
the Rocky Mountains in Hygiene, Colorado. Dave White, known for his Old
Time Cider blog (including the rapidly expanding North American Cider
Map Project) will be visiting from his Pacific Northwest home in the
State of Washington.
As in past years, we are happy to have entrants participate in the
judging (Saturday, March 31) and pre-competition judges' workshop
(Friday, March 30). Integration of new judges into panels is regulated
carefully in order to preserve integrity of the judging. Those who are
interested must indicate their availability as early as possible to
Competition Director Rex Halfpenny. The workshop is free to all
volunteers and judges and available. It is also available to others on
a first-come space-available basis for a nominal fee. Presenters this
year include Eleanor Leger of Eden Ice Cider Company in West Charleston,
Vermont (discussing Ice Cider, the most rapidly growing entry category
in last year's competition); Dick Dunn (English Cider, Traditional
Perry); Charles McGonegal of AEppelTreow Winery and Distillery in
Burlington, Wisconsin (Specialty Cider styles, Spirits, Pommeau) and
Gary Awdey (Common Standard cider & perry styles and common faults in
cider & perry). Judges are invited to attend every year to continue
learning and help others to learn. Due to tendency of the workshop to
fill to capacity each must let Rex Halfpenny know about intent to attend
regardless of whether or not they participated in the workshop in the
past. Judging is blind and as usual no one will be permitted to judge
his or her own entries. Those who have participated in past judging have
found it to be very interesting and worthwhile. We welcome our entrants'
participation and continued feedback in making this a competition with
expanding relevance.
Complete competition details and entry material may be found at
www.greatlakescider.com. Please note that there have been changes made
to some of the categories this year (including addition of a separate
category for wood aged cider) so please read the category descriptions
carefully. If you have questions or concerns after reading these
details they may be addressed to competition organizer Rex Halfpenny at
248-628-6584 (mibeerguyd@aol.com) or lead registrar Jeff Carlson at
616-331-2127 (carlsonj@gvsu.edu). Questions about international shipping
may be addressed to Gary Awdey at +00-1-219-921-4973
(gawdey@comcast.net).
The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to promoting cider and perry and to providing oppportunities
for consumers and producers alike to learn more about these beverages.
We encourage cider and perry makers to browse the Association's website
and those with interest to take this opportunity to become a member.
Gary Awdey
President, Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association
www.greatlakescider.com
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Subject: Cider Makers Orchard Workshop - Topworking Trees Basics
From: "Gary Awdey" <gawdey@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:23:22 -0600
Separate from the Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition
(but seizing the opportunity presented by some of the competiton
visitors who will be gathered in the region):
Cider Makers Orchard Workshop - Topworking Trees Basics
Presented By: Tom Burford & Ben Watson
Sunday, April 1st from 10 am - 2 pm @ Uncle John's Cider Mill, St.
John's, MI
Cost: $15 for GLCPA Members & $25 Non-Members
Contact Mike Beck at mjbeck@ujcidermill.com to sign up for this workshop
Gary Awdey
Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association
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