Copy Link
Add to Bookmark
Report
Cider Digest #2049
![eZine's profile picture](https://www.neperos.com/profile_images/710b67/eZine_pz94a41d548ccb10.jpg)
Subject: Cider Digest #2049, 19 November 2016
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #2049 19 November 2016
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
To Dana: (Kenton Erwin)
Adding tannin to an insipid cider (Meadowlark Farm)
NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is enough material to send one.
Send ONLY articles for the digest to cider@talisman.com.
Use cider-request@talisman.com for subscribe/unsubscribe/admin requests.
Archives of the Digest are available at www.talisman.com/cider#Archives
Digest Janitor: Dick Dunn
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: To Dana:
From: Kenton Erwin <kenton.erwin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:18:43 -0800
I doubt that a reduced yeast pitch rate belongs on your list. I might be in
error, but it's my understanding that once pitched, the yeast go through a
lag phase in which they multiply (asexual reproduction) until they reach
some level of preferred density throughout the must, and only then do they
begin to ferment sugar. So if you lower the pitch rate, you will delay the
onset of fermentation (which is a bad thing in my view), but you won't
cause the overall duration of the active fermentation phase to be any
shorter.
Thoughts from others?
Kenton
- --
Kenton Erwin
Epona, LLC
eponawine.com
Woodland WA
m: 503-250-1457
------------------------------
Subject: Adding tannin to an insipid cider
From: Meadowlark Farm <tom@themeadowlarkfarm.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:51:54 -0600
I have a batch of cider that is complete made from golden delicious,
red delicious, and some Jonathan apples. It has a nice color but very
little flavor or aroma. I would like to experiment with adding tannin.
In the new cider makers handbook tannin volumes are described in terms of
grams per liter.
So would it make sense for me to create several 1 L sample batches of this
cider and add doses of Tannin in .5 g per liter increments?
Any suggestions on holding time prior to evaluation tasting?
Thanks!
Tom Brown
Meadowlark Farm, LLC
Mailing Address: 4005 E. Lewis St. Wichita, KS, 67218
Farm Address: 11249 SW 160th St. Rose Hill Kansas 67133
cell: (316) 518-8907
landline: (316) 684-3807
skype: zeraat
https://www.facebook.com/MeadowlarkFarm
"Fiat Fructus!"
------------------------------
End of Cider Digest #2049
*************************