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Subject: Cider Digest #883, 5 December 2000
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #883 5 December 2000
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor
Contents:
RE: im-press-ive setup ("Brian Lundeen")
Re: Books ("John L. Emmett")
Re: getting started (T.J. Higgins)
Re: im-press-ive setup (Steve Daughhetee)
Gravity misprint - digest #881 (dproksa@anexsys.com)
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Subject: RE: im-press-ive setup
From: "Brian Lundeen" <blundeen@rrc.mb.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:10:55 -0600
Dick Dunn writes (and writes and writes):
> with Greg's permission, I wanted to sketch out the whole arrangement, as
> it might help give the rest of us ideas. Greg told me that they'd been
> building and fine-tuning the setup for a number of years. This shows.
>
<much description deleted>
Dick, until the web shots get put up, could you do an ASCII diagram to go
along with your write-up? ;-)
Cheers,
Brian
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Subject: Re: Books
From: "John L. Emmett" <jlemmett@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:00:20 -0700
Does anyone out there know where I might purchase a copy of Downing's
"Processed Apple Products, or does anyone have a copy they would be willing
to sell? If so contact me (John Emmett) at jlemmett@earthlink.net. Thanks
for the help!
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Subject: Re: getting started
From: tjhiggin@chris.iss.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 00 10:37:26 CST
Nicholas Starin wrote:
> 1) I am looking for a good recipe that is appropriate as a first-time,
> beginner's batch.
As Dick Dunn says in his sig, "simpler is better." Here's an easy
recipe I've used several times with good results.
Get 2 or 3 gallons of unpasteurized cider from your local farmer's
market. Put it in a carboy. Put an airlock on the carboy. Wait a
month or two until the airlock stops bubbling and the cider has
cleared. It's not necessary to measure the specific gravity, but if
you do so, it should be around 0.995. Bottle and cap the cider.
Wait another 2 months for the cider to age. Enjoy.
> 4) I am looking to locate some used equipment in the Portland, Oregon
> area.
If you have not already done so, get in touch with your local
homebrewing group, the Oregon Brew Crew, www.oregonbrewcrew.com. That
is usually where the cidermakers hang out. They'll be able to point
you to the best homebrew store in the area. Some of the members may
even have extra equipment they will sell. Also watch your local
usenet news forsale group. Used brewing equipment occasionally turns
up on such newsgroups.
Good luck, and let us know how your first batch turns out.
- --
T.J. Higgins
tjhiggin@ingr.com
Huntsville, AL
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Subject: Re: im-press-ive setup
From: Steve Daughhetee <sdd6@cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:39:13 -0500
Dick, thanks for the account of a very successful sounding pressing
operation! I (and I'm sure many others) would be very interested in
a more complete description and specifications for Greg and Steve's
equipment. I'm especially interested in the grinder design.
Thanks.
Steve Daughhetee
Trumansburg, NY
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Subject: Gravity misprint - digest #881
From: dproksa@anexsys.com
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:21:54 -0600
In digest #881, I posted, "... I checked the gravity yesterday, it was
.800". A member of my homebrew club pointed out that I must have been
mistaken. Sure enough; I should have typed 0.998 .
Anyhow, to follow up on that post, I have since racked the cider off the
primary yeast to a secondary carboy and moved it into the garage where the
temp. has been averaging in the low 40s. The cider is starting to clear
(very slowly) but I haven't retasted it yet. I'll probably wait until the
end of the month and repost my findings.
The saga continues...
Darrell Proksa
Downers Grove, IL
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