A 97 and he is still around? I think you are safe! Or he must be a
devious person with an unbelievable self-control.
R > wrote in message >. ..
> Heya!
>
> A friend of mine who likes to brew up wine and beer recently gave me
> a bottle of chokecherry that he's had stowed away since '97. Sounds
> *great* to me; I love wine, and I love people willing to do it
> themselves.
>
> However, I've read that chokecherry seeds contain a small amount of
> cyanic acid. How great is the danger of cyanide poisoning when
> drinking chokecherry wines? I assume that fermenting correctly (not
> breaking open the seeds) keeps the danger to zero, but what is the
> danger if it is not brewed in such a manner? (I don't know if this is
> the case or not, I'm just playing worst case scenario. Cyanide is one
> of those poisions that often does not give warning before sudden
> death; it'd be a hell of a way to end a good date. )
>
> Thanks,
>
> -R