Cider Digest #2052

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Subject: Cider Digest #2052, 7 December 2016 
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Cider Digest #2052                                         7 December 2016 

                 Cider and Perry Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  Re: Cider Digest #2051, 1 December 2016 (SMB WEBER) 
  Aging in bulk (Marsha Lindner) 

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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #2051, 1 December 2016 
From: SMB WEBER <weberscrossing9@gmail.com> 
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 09:35:19 -0500 

Dear Ms. (Mr.?) Dawson, 

You indicated that the trees for your Red Delicious were planted by your 
great grandmother.  Initially, I thought this meant that your trees were 
planted in the 1850s and 1860s, but Red Delicious did not exist then.  A 
predecessor of it, the Hawkeye, also seems to have first appeared around 
1880 in Iowa.  So you mean that your great grandmother planted your two 
trees in the 1950s and 1960s? 

I've read that there are 300 or more strains of Red Delicious today.  So 
I'd be interested to learn if you and Mr. Erwin, after exchanging some of 
your Red Delicious apples, thought there are any noticeable differences 
between them. 

SMB Weber 

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Subject: Aging in bulk 
From: Marsha Lindner <marshalindner@me.com> 
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:35:25 -0500 

My question is what are the advantages or disadvantages to aging cider in bulk. 
My husband and I mostly make 5 gallon batches.  We rack when the gravity is 
under 1.006 into our secondary.  The cider clears totally in 1-3 months. 
There is very little sediment at that time.  I like to bottle as soon as 
the cider clears in hopes of a bit of bottle conditioning but my husband 
thinks it is best to have the cider sit in bulk for several more months. 
Anyone have an opinion on this? 
Marsha Lindner 
Cincinnati 

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