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Subject: Re: i used to make mash from apples and oranges...please read on
From: Dustin
Posted: Thu Jan 24. 2002, 12:16 UTC
Followup to: "i used to make mash from apples and oranges...please read on"  by Fuzzy moe  (Thu Jan 24. 2002, 06:58 UTC)
> It's been a long time since I've made it, but I would blend either 
> just oranges or apples and oranges and put them in a sealed plastic 
> container. After a couple days, it would build up gas (I think, CO2, 
> carbon dioxide) and the plastic container that was once squishable 
> would be rock hard from so much gas built up. I'd unscrew the cap and 
> let out a little gas a day at a time. After about a week to two 
> weeks, it wouldn't produce anymore gas and I'd drink it. It was 
> horrible tasting but I'd get a nice buzz from it if I drank enough. I 
> don't think it's worth the time and effort to make though. The taste 
> is pretty gross.
> 
> My question is, is that gas carbon dioxide? 
> 
> ...And how do you make alcoholic apple cider? Same way? Thanks.

Hard apple cider is made very similarly, except you would use a strong 
container that would not let the bubbles out, and would not burst under 
pressure.  I used to to make soft ginger ale and root beer using yeast, and if 
it did not ferment too long, the drinks would be bubbly but not significantly 
alcoholic.  Check a local homebrew place around you or look it up on the net 
for a homebrew recipe, Sodas take about two days but a hard cider I think 
would take a week to a month for fermentation.


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