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"George.com" wrote:
"Charlie" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:43:38 +1300, "George.com"
wrote:
Righteho
Cider was brewed early February so almot 9 months old now.
Sunday was the old boys birthday so we celebrated by opening a bottle of
still cider. Very dry. Tasted of cider but not the best. Drinkable with
some
lemonade added, but too dry.
Tonight wife & I sampled some sparkling cider. Not much of a psssssst out
of
the bottle, more of a 'st'. Not very active on the sparkling side. Tasted
ok, not as harsh as the still. More of a muted flavour.
Over all not the success one had hoped for. This weekend coming I will try
a
couple more bottles with a mate. Maybe, just maybe.
I reckon I may have received some duff advice from Charlie somewhere along
the line. Should've known he'd put me crook.
rob
Yeah, well, you ain't gonna get any argyment from me on this one, Rob.
Strike a light, you went up the booaye for some time there Charlie. Normally
you are right on it when someone (often me) slags you.
My cider tasted not so effing good either after eight months and I got
the same "st" from the sparkling. The two gallons I initially took
from primary and put in the fridge for a couple of weeks to clarify
was much more drinkable and enjoyable than the aged shite and I didn't
have to go thru the whole bottling process. I'm about ready to make
another batch of "applejack" as the fall ciders are being pressed
hereabouts.
roftl, maybe we both use the same brewer. When you are done drinking your
stuff, let me know n I can ship some more over to you to get through. Bout
60 750 ml bottles in fact.
Sorry, to butt in, but to ship alcohol to the U.S., it has to be sent to
a bonded distributor. Ain't Calvinism grand?
(
I have farmed a couple of bottles out to workmates who say they like still
cider. Will see how long the 'like' bit lasts. Maybe some refrigeration,
another month aging and some hotter weather here (just starting to warm up
now) will make the cider taste nicer. End of the month I am interviewing a
mate for my radio show. He'll talk me round his permaculure back yard, we'll
yarm about US politics and sustainability & then open a couple more bottles
of cider to taste. He is a self professed 'cider expert'. I'll see what he
makes of it. Might try and capture his comments on tape for the radio.
rob
A cylinder of argon gas, and some potassium metabisulfite would be handy
to keep the micro-critters from forming acetaldehydes in your brew.
I now return you to the conversation that has just ended ;O)
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