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Offline homoeccentricus

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Re: sour cider
« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2016, 01:40:00 pm »
In the end I added kolsch yeast to the apple juice. Ferment @15C.
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Re: sour cider
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2016, 11:02:13 am »
I sampled the brett cider this morning.  It has a moderate sourness, and a good amount of barn yard in both the flavor and aroma. 

Gravity is now 1.001, which puts it at 7.5% ABV.

I think it's ready for bottling. 
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Re: sour cider
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2016, 01:58:04 pm »
Interesting. Pure brett should not add any sourness at all.
Frank P.

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