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Cider Digest #1742
Subject: Cider Digest #1742, 1 November 2012
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #1742 1 November 2012
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
Arkansas Black (Mike Faul)
Re: Cider Digest #1741, 26 October 2012 (Russell Hastings)
Remembering Terry ("Rich Anderson")
orchard glow (Dick Dunn)
Pectinase ("Rich Anderson")
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Subject: Arkansas Black
From: Mike Faul <mfaul@faul.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:41:23 -0700
Has anyone ever used these apples in cider?
Mike
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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #1741, 26 October 2012
From: Russell Hastings <ferdnand_ohast@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:21:22 -0700 (PDT)
Reply to Cider Digest #1741
As an architect I would recommend you use
a two part poured epoxy flooring. We use them in commercial kitchens and around
swimming pools. They are impervious to almost all chemicals and can be wrapped
up the walls to provide a cove base that is water tight. After mixing, pouring
and spreading the two part epoxy you spread coarse granulated quarts to provide
a non-slip surface and allow it to dry per the manufacturer?s instructions. .
The floor can be cleaned with basic floor cleaning soaps and a rag mop.
They can even be pressure washed if necessary. You can get this flooring
in a kit at most construction supply stores
like Loe?s and Home Depot, or you should be able to find a flooring contractor
to install one.
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Subject: Remembering Terry
From: "Rich Anderson" <rhanderson@centurytel.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:53:57 -0700
Thanks for remembering Terry. He was a guiding light in the resurgence of
craft cider in the US. I remember having lunch with Terry, Judith , Andrew
and you. And of course, a tour of his Orchard and Cidery. I remember his
cidery was a wonderful Rube Goldberg collection of tanks and equipment he
had put together and it worked. His Redfield cider was the best.
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Subject: orchard glow
From: Dick Dunn <rcd@talisman.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:53:51 -0600
Morning just a few days ago, I noticed that most of the trees in the
orchard had a pool of golden light beneath them. It was startling for
just a moment; it was if each tree had a magical halo beneath.
I had seen this before so it didn't take too long to figure it out: The
fallen leaves from most trees were yellow-gold and made a circle which
reflected the light much more than the surrounding grass. Still, knowing
what was at work didn't make it any less pleasant to see!
- --
Dick Dunn rcd@talisman.com Hygiene, Colorado USA
If the orchard doesn't get mowed often enough, it can develop some stubble.
Then, if an apple falls, it may be impaled on a bit of this stubble and
break it off as it rolls; you can pull the bit of stubble out of the apple.
You've seen it. But it occurred to me the other day that there's a certain
noble aspect--I looked at such an apple and thought, "He fell on his own
sward."
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Subject: Pectinase
From: "Rich Anderson" <rhanderson@centurytel.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:53:51 -0700
I have used pectinase (Lallymand C) over the years with mostly good results.
While the literature suggest that it is not necessary with bitter apples, I
use it as insurance, since having to clear a pectin haze while not difficult
is simply something I would prefer not to deal with. I purchase a generic
pectinase from my winery supplier which came with no information. A survey
of the cloud suggests between one and two grams per gallon. Advice from my
betters would be appreciated.
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End of Cider Digest #1742
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