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15-12-2003, 08:36 PM
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16-12-2003, 12:52 AM
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Bill Riel wrote in message ... In article , says... Can anyone give me a recipe and procedure for making traditional english scrumpy? I could be wrong, but isn't scrumpy simply cider made from a particular type of crab-apple? We have a local cidery and they've made scrumpy in the past: it was wicked stuff! Very strong (I think roughly 12% ABV) but quite drinkable. Bill Well ...there are recipes including all kinds of things like raisins, raw meat ( im serious) and so on...And I think they are traditionally spontaneously fermented with the wild yeasts on the apples. But I used a yeast cake from a cream ale. john
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16-12-2003, 08:59 AM
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As I've read, traditional scrumpy is made without additives, just the juice
from traditional cider apples and nothing else and fermented as you said from wild yeast. "John D. Misrahi" wrote in message news  Well ...there are recipes including all kinds of things like raisins, raw meat ( im serious) and so on...And I think they are traditionally spontaneously fermented with the wild yeasts on the apples. But I used a yeast cake from a cream ale.
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16-12-2003, 09:51 PM
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"TechnoShroom" wrote in message:
As I've read, traditional scrumpy is made without additives, just the juice from traditional cider apples and nothing else and fermented as you said from wild yeast. Exactly, and it's usually a bit rough/rustic (i.e. plenty of acid and tannin). Ben
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17-12-2003, 02:09 PM
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Ben Rotter wrote:
"TechnoShroom" wrote in message: As I've read, traditional scrumpy is made without additives, just the juice from traditional cider apples and nothing else and fermented as you said from wild yeast. Exactly, and it's usually a bit rough/rustic (i.e. plenty of acid and tannin). I read somewhere that the name scrumpy originated from the use of scrumps (windfalls, etc) for making cider, however I don't have a reference handy. -- charles "Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days." - W.C. Fields
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17-12-2003, 02:48 PM
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Charles H wrote:
I read somewhere that the name scrumpy originated from the use of scrumps (windfalls, etc) for making cider, however I don't have a reference handy. According to the OED, a "scrump" is "Anything withered or dried up; spec., a withered or stunted apple." "Scrumpy" is given as "Rough cider, made from small or unselected apples. Also attrib. in scrumpy cider." Cheers, Alec
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17-12-2003, 09:01 PM
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Alec Wood wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Charles H wrote: I read somewhere that the name scrumpy originated from the use of scrumps (windfalls, etc) for making cider, however I don't have a reference handy. According to the OED, a "scrump" is "Anything withered or dried up; spec., a withered or stunted apple." "Scrumpy" is given as "Rough cider, made from small or unselected apples. Also attrib. in scrumpy cider." Cheers, Alec Thanks. Nice to know I can remember things with a slight degree of accuracy. -- charles "Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days." - W.C. Fields
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