Re: Cider

Cider is also fermenting very well at the Garden View Brewery. I used a very similar technique. Had a bit of a "pressure surge" at the tap handle last evening but it is working very nicely. A little sulphur notes but it does blow off. Cooled down quite a bit to help control ferment. Thinking about sterile filtering since I have one demo set of sterile pad filters but will wait just a wee bit longer. Thanks again for the post and thanks Mark Glewwe for all the work involved in tracking, pressing, storing, hauling, for the last three or four years! Rick O Jim's cider post reminded me to give a quick update on my cider. I hope everyone's cider is happily fermenting. The club buy cider is really getting great (a bit of sulfur in the nose does blow off). I was racking some off into a serving container until the boys said the cider was tasting "funny". My technique is very simple. Pour jugs into sanitized corny keg. Let sit for 3 days at basement temperature. Put in fridge. Chill. Blow off any pressure and serve it. I've been really enjoying this years batch and hope to have some left by Thanksgiving. I'll have to try some more tonight :-). rick