Canadianjen
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Hey everyone! First, just want to say I love this forum! Everyone is always so helpful so I thank you in advance!
I have 3 large apple trees in our yard that have codling moth (a moth that buries into the apple and eats to the middle and then leaves, leaving it’s excrement through a hole on the way out). Anyways, I have been juicing (yes I don’t own a press yet) them for cider but cutting all the moth excrement and brown spots off before juicing to ferment. A lot of work!
Has anyone made cider from 3rd grade apples without removing all the brown spots/bugs etc? I know it sounds gross but I would think because they are being juiced, there isn’t really much of any of that making it’s way through to my batch but wondering if this could cause my fermentation/cider batch to go off? I always add campden tabs at the beginning. Would the tabs kill off anything from the excrement that makes it into the juice or is that only to kill wild yeast?
Maybe this sounds like a silly question but I would hate to process 6 gallons of juice and lose a batch. Sorry for the long post!
I have 3 large apple trees in our yard that have codling moth (a moth that buries into the apple and eats to the middle and then leaves, leaving it’s excrement through a hole on the way out). Anyways, I have been juicing (yes I don’t own a press yet) them for cider but cutting all the moth excrement and brown spots off before juicing to ferment. A lot of work!
Has anyone made cider from 3rd grade apples without removing all the brown spots/bugs etc? I know it sounds gross but I would think because they are being juiced, there isn’t really much of any of that making it’s way through to my batch but wondering if this could cause my fermentation/cider batch to go off? I always add campden tabs at the beginning. Would the tabs kill off anything from the excrement that makes it into the juice or is that only to kill wild yeast?
Maybe this sounds like a silly question but I would hate to process 6 gallons of juice and lose a batch. Sorry for the long post!