http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/ Cider Masters - The place for sharing CIDER making information. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:58:23 GMT raptorjrf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/338 ... bathtub ... before. I ... secondary ... In short, you should rack to the carboy within 3 to 5 days. Your fermentation benefits from oxygen for the first Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:17:32 GMT seashelll30 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/337 I am fermenting 10 gal. of cider in 2 five gal buckets in my bathtub because I am afraid of a boil over. I have never done this before. I am wondering how Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:49:03 GMT John Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/336 Hi Bob: I'm sure by now you've noticed the lack of activity on this group. In fact your posting is the first for quite a while. Maybe the other members are Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:00:54 GMT robert.monkhouse http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/335 Hi Folks, I've just joined this group and I wanted to say hi to you. I'm based in the UK and this is my 3rd year of making cider. I also grow hops, and have Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:20:18 GMT Melanie Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/334 ... apples. As previously mentioned in this thread the apples have their own yeast on their skins. yes as most things there are local yeasts, you are right Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:44:52 GMT Dave http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/333 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/333 I've read that the French do almost nothing other than blend the apples. As previously mentioned in this thread the apples have their own yeast on their skins. Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:50:26 GMT Melanie Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/332 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/332 Basically I'm looking for the methodolgy they use to produce a cidre with a low alcohol content rather that the over high (IMHO) English ciders which I hate) Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:27:44 GMT Melanie Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/331 I have the orchard :) Mel This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:04:10 GMT Joel Schonbrunn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/330 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/330 It is a little tricky... Technically, French ciders are made with wild yeast, from the apple skins etc, and no other yeast or sugars are added. Most ciders Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:03:16 GMT Joel Schonbrunn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/329 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/329 It is a little tricky... Technically, French ciders are made with wild yeast, from the apple skins etc, and no other yeast or sugars are added. Most ciders Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:31:42 GMT haroldpinker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/328 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/328 ... There's no easy way other than by buying or making a good press. Even then manual presses are jolly hard work. In the UK, Vigo make good presses. I don't Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:31:03 GMT Melanie Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/327 does anyone have a recipe to make french cider please ? Mel Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:30:29 GMT haroldpinker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/326 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/326 I have made still cider successfully, maturing it in Vigo's manucubes. My attempts at making conditioned cider have not been successful. I have matured it Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:00:43 GMT Mikael M�rtensson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/325 Hello! I just registered. I'm from Sweden and I've been brewing meads and beer for about a year but I am yet to try brewing cider. Does anyone know of an easy Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:18:39 GMT f_wehrli http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cidermasters/message/324 We would like to take a vacation trip to a cider mill where they actually make cider. Either in southern Iowa, western KS, eastern IL or in MO. I live in the