Highlights
From Ukcider
This is a sort of miscellaneous page for posting highlights from the ukcider mailing list with no particular page to go on yet..
Contents |
November 2007
Discussing the Ukcider_pub_sticker idea again.
April 2007
William Alwood's classic 1903 book "A study of cider making in France, Germany, and England with comments and comparisons on American work" is now available for download from
http://www.archive.org/details/studyofcidermaki00alworich
114 pages.
February 2007
New bottled cider from Hobgoblin/Thatchers
http://www.wychwood.co.uk/wychwood_greengoblin.htm
Canalside_pub_guide begun
December
November
For those building their own press, I've put some photos up of mine in action at: http://photos.fidell.co.uk/thumbnails.php?album=59 James Fidell
There is a good series of pics from a Breton cidermaker here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomfox/ Of particualr interest is the wshing facilities, including a spray device attached to the conveyor. Mark
From Fred Beech (LARS Ann Rept 1950 p 146).... "Kingston Black
eventually developed a brown head 18 days after pressing. However the
head that formed was very thin and loose and the juice underneath was
not brilliant". The other juices in his study (Sweet Alford, Bulmers
Norman and Red Foxwhelp) keeved heavily within 1 - 3 days. Note that
Red Foxwhelp is a bittersharp with a quoted pH of 3.3. in his study. Yet
it keeved OK. He attributes this to a larger quantity of (natural)
enzyme being present - in those days pure PME was not available to add.
Since Fred's paper may be of wider interest and is generally inaccessible to most people, I have scanned a copy and it's at <http://www.harphill.co.uk/Beech_LARSRept1950.pdf>. However, it's a 3.5MB DOWNLOAD so it'll take a while if you don't have broadband. A. Lea
Q which one of the two enzymes am I using. I think it must be Crystalzme because it has proved to be effective at a low pH.
A Yes, that's the Crystalzyme AES. The other PME that is available in North America, Novoshape, works satisfactorily as well (to which Andrew may attest) but has a lower activity level. As with the Klercidre a different amount is required in order to achieve the same results.
I'm also happy to report that Yarlington Mill seems to be particularly reliable for keeving with PME after maceration. A second year of trials with this variety is underway in my cellar. Separation of the pectin gel is quite apparent in every one of ten trial vessels (though with a heavier pectin load it takes quite some time for the cap to be lifted in most of the batches). Blends of Yarlington Mill with other juices are showing mixed results (roughly 50% success so far) though it's too early to say for certain. One thing that cannot be emphasized enough in keeving is that patience is a virtue. G Awdry
August
See Special:Newpages
July
Links
The Mysterious Demise of Hard Cider in America http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Edrwillia/cider.html
June 2006
Powerstock Cider Festival receives an award: http://www.thisisweymouth.co.uk/business/businessnews/display.var.791827.0.the_apple_of_judges_eyes.php
February 2006
Who imports or sells Spanish Sidra in the UK? http://www.latasca.co.uk/BEBID/Bebidas.html http://www.wickedsoup.com
pubs which sell cider and where you can camp Camping_at_pubs
December 2005
- news of A new Northern Ireland cider making venture: http://www.armaghcider.com/index.htm
and
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/22031
- The Black Hand Cyder Society , Denton, Norfolk. 10 pages mailed in by Mark Shirley
November 2005
- Discussion about the ukcider pub sticker
Earlier 2005
- Tasmanian Cyder http://southcountrycyder.com/index.html
- Is there such a thing as real kiwi cider? Roy Bailey's article on finding cider in New Zealand http://www.roy.bailey.freeuk.com/rhb/nzcider.pdf
- An evocative site about Thomas Hardy and cider http://www.wesspix.btinternet.co.uk/cider.htm
- some ideas about gaining publicity for this wiki
- the Czechoslovakian apple crusher http://www.vares.cz/eng/drt_fruit_eng.html
a cheap mill and now they're part of the EU you don't have to pay VAT so
they're much cheaper to import than before.
Price delivered to your home is currently around £310 (April 2005)--Ray 11:08, 13 Apr 2005 (BST)
Ray reports that Machine Mart catalogue have a small 6 litre basket press for sale:
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=080510310
£88 for a starter press or if you've got low volumes of fruit. There are many Machine Mart shops around the uk.
Similar presses are available here: http://www.art-of-brewing.co.uk/acatalog/intro.html under "wine presses and accessories"
- Herefordshire Pomona
A new book and how to send off for it: Books Pomona
