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Cider Digest #1877
Subject: Cider Digest #1877, 20 May 2014
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Cider Digest #1877 20 May 2014
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
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Kegerator (chris horn)
Re:Cider Apple Trees ("Jerry McCourt")
Apple Cider Press 22" Elevator Grinder and Press | eBay (Alan Yelvington)
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Subject: Kegerator
From: chris horn <agent_strangelove@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 16:10:59 -0700
Unless you have to have one of those exact units, you are best off to
build your own Kegerator. You can get a standard fridge from a used
appliance place cheap (if the shelves are gone they are not very valuable
and even cheaper). A 1" hole saw is the size you need for a standard shank.
You can get the shanks, faucets and all other fittings at you local homebrew
supply store.
I've built many kegerators over the years. At this point, I normally make
my own a three tap set up in them. Even if I am running a normal 1/2bbl
keg, I have the other fitting in side the fridge for a quick change to a
different brand of beer or to corny kegs. The home brew stores often have
small gas manifolds for this exact style of multi-tap kegerator.
Chris Horn Scappoose Oregon USA
'If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.'
-Charles Kettering
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Subject: Re:Cider Apple Trees
From: "Jerry McCourt" <jmmccourt@centurytel.net>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 21:47:47 -0700
Landen Hinrichsen asked several questions about which trees to grow. Others
can give better advice about matching apples to ciders, but I can offer some
advice on size and bloom time.
On size, the size of the apple tree depends more on the rootstock than on
the top stock-the variety of apple fruit that the tree produces. A good
local apple orchardist can provide advice on rootstock that suits your soil
and produces the size tree you would like. For example, my preference is
the MM 111 rootstock because it produces a tree that is about 75% of a full
size tree (large enough to produce a good crop of apples and a little easier
to keep from getting too big and easier to pick) and it does well in my clay
soil.
On the bloom time, Orange Pippen (at
http://www.orangepippintrees.com/cider-apple-trees ) provides information
about the bloom time of individual varieties of trees. Other resources for
similar information are
Dallas Fruit Grower at
http://dallasfruitgrower.typepad.com/dallas-fruit-vegetable/2011/01/apple-tree-b
loom-times.html and
my local apple orchardist's chart at
http://www.hartmannursery.com/apple_pollination.htm.
I hope this information helps.
Jerry McCourt
Lakebay, WA
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Subject: Apple Cider Press 22" Elevator Grinder and Press | eBay
From: Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 15:20:23 -0400
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Cider-Press-22-Elevator-Grinder-and-Press-/2614728
22636?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce0fea56c
I'm just sharing since there may be a list
member on the West Coast that could benefit.
I have no personal or financial interest in
this press.
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