Subject: Cider Digest #2052, 7 December 2016 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:26:14 -0700 (MST) From: cider-request@talisman.com 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) 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: Re: Cider Digest #2051, 1 December 2016 From: SMB WEBER 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 ------------------------------ Subject: Aging in bulk From: Marsha Lindner 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 ------------------------------ End of Cider Digest #2052 *************************