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Subject: Cider Digest #1774, 21 April 2013
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Cider Digest #1774 21 April 2013
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
re: Cider "talking points" for Earth Day (Dick Dunn) ("Mark")
alcohol levels in cider (Dick Dunn)
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Subject: re: Cider "talking points" for Earth Day (Dick Dunn)
From: "Mark" <mark@thealchemystudio.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:38:45 -0400
I'm not a fan of overly wonky environmental reasons to purchase or create
locally grown foods and beverages.
They have very limited appeal among the vast consuming public and tend to
attract quibblers who are more interested in arguing about numbers than
enjoying a good glass of cider!
And who would YOU rather bring into the cider-fold, a budding food and
drink enthusiast or a nit picky curmudgeon with a pedantic axe to grind?
Mark Lattanzi
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Subject: alcohol levels in cider
From: Dick Dunn <rcd@talisman.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:11:47 -0600
In the last Cider Digest, Dennis Waller asked:
> ... if longer growing
> seasons and higher temperatures are raising the sugar content of grapes
> and therefore the alcohol content of the wine made from those grapes ?
> would the same climatic changes raise the sugar content of apples and
> therefore the alcohol content of cider?
I don't know for sure, but I'd expect so, yes. I see two things in our
favor on that point though: First, we have more "headroom" before our
alcohol levels get out of control. Second, we don't have the external
force (Parkerization) pushing us to increase alcohol levels.
It may be that increasing sugar levels will simply give us more opportunity
in blending since we can use varieties which are typically lower in sugar.
But if we get a lot of high-sugar fruit, we'll be challenged to make good
ciders that are in balance. Just a while ago I racked a cider which
started at 1.082. That's not any sort of record, but I still feel it's
going to be difficult to finish it right. I'd rather not be at that level.
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Dick Dunn rcd@talisman.com Hygiene, Colorado USA
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