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Offline daniel_cerveza

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Here's a quick post on recent Consumer Reports findings about toxic heavy metals in some store-bought apple juices.  Perhaps something to think about when choosing a store-bought apple juice for cider making purposes: 

http://www.beersyndicate.com/blog/selecting-apple-juice-making-hard-cider-lead-mercury-arsenic-oh/

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I'm lucky that I press my own juice from my organically grown apples.  Not everyone has that option, so that's good info.
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I use Mott's.  Have a cider entry in the finals this year too.
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Here's a quick post on recent Consumer Reports findings about toxic heavy metals in some store-bought apple juices.  Perhaps something to think about when choosing a store-bought apple juice for cider making purposes: 

http://www.beersyndicate.com/blog/selecting-apple-juice-making-hard-cider-lead-mercury-arsenic-oh/

Well that sucks.  Don't drink too much of it then I guess.

I get all my juice locally.  Not certain what pesticides they use, hopefully safe ones.

Bottom line is we're all gonna die, whether it's from cider, or from something else.  But... my bet is it will be something else.
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You will get some cyanide too!
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