[Ansteorra] question for brewers

[Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace]

Salut cozyns,
 
A friend visiting from England some years ago complained that American-made hard ciders tend to be too watery and too sweet.  She said we use too many eating apples in our cider. The cider apples they use in the UK (and the rest of Europe, or that matter) are mostly inedible because of their high tannic acid and malic acid content. I don't know how difficult cider apples are to obtain here in Texas, but there's a lot of varietal information here:
 
http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Cider_Apples
http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Fruit_Tree_Orchards_FAQ#What_makes_a_.27good_blend.27_of_apples_for_cider.3F
 
and here:
 
http://www.cider.org.uk/
En Lyonel 
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:31:25 -0600> From: wiselaw at comcast.net> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: [Ansteorra] question for brewers> > Any recommendations for particular apples to grow for eventually turning > into a hard cider? Have some land near Brenham and wanted to plant a > few trees, so figured I might as well produce something useful.> > Alexis> _______________________________________________> Ansteorra mailing list> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org
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