Recent content by Dlynn

I just had my ODA Food Safety inspection today. The only item he got me on was a 1 gallon pump up sprayer I use for Star San. It's not labeled food grade. Its milky white plastic.

For those who are interested in what film yeast looks like.

Update to the lab work issue. So I get the price to do the lab work so we can tell them what is in the cider to. It come in around 300.00 bucks. So by afternoon the DEQ decides it is a lot of money and time to bother with this analysis. They decided that we can simply deposit our...

Thanks for the input. This is the same thing I have talked to them about however they treat all wastewater as effluent. They will not allow any liquid from the process to go into the septic system or onto the ground without composting. They claim yeast will destroy the septic drain field. If...

So we are starting to deal with the State, County and Federal folks to begin a small hard cider operation in Oregon on residential property that doesn't have a city sewer system. Who would have thought that there was so little knowledge within or government agencies about cider vs beer and...