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Old 12-05-2004, 06:31 PM
Ray
 
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Re: feeding

Look at the Peach Perfection recipe in any of C.J.J.Berry's books It
describes the process quite well and in detail.

Ray

"Stephen....." <stephen@godfrey7107.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "David Robley" <robleyd@ozemail.com.oz> wrote in message
> news:MPG.198399a5325f72279896c4@news.spiderweb.com.au...
> : In article <bfa3h2$n0$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>,
> : [email]stephen@godfrey7107.freeserve.co.uk[/email] says...
> : > Attention all wine or beer buffs has anybody come
> : > across the term
> : >
> : > " exponential feeding"
> : >
> : > This method is to do with adding honey or sugar
> : >
> : > Stephen.
> : >
> :
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> Thanks for the information , i don't serpose you have come accross any[/color]
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> Stephen uk
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> : Found this through Google:
> :
> : From
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> : tm
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> : Exponential Feeding A system of sugar additions to a must so that a high
> : alcohol content can be achieved. If all the sugar is added at the start[/color]
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> : fermentation, there is a great danger that the sugar will inhibit or[/color]
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> : kill the yeast. By adding small amounts of sugar each time the specific
> : gravity falls to 1-005, the yeast learns to tolerate alcohol
> : concentrations which normally would kill it. In this way, a slow, steady
> : ferment is encouraged. This aids quality by not causing the vaporization
> : of esters.
> :
> : Cheers
> : --
> : Quod subigo farinam
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> : $email =~ s/oz$/au/o;
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