[Calefaction Wiki] Update of "HomeBrewing/Recipes/Cider" by ClintonEbadi

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  == Cider #6 (2012-03-18) ==
  
-  * 44oz "W.G. White & Co" honey from Mocksville, NC
+  * 44oz "W.G. White & Co" honey from Mocksville, NC (light honey, not sure of flower sources)
+  * 44oz "Nathan Carter" honey from High Point, NC  (dark honey, farmers market lady says "from a farm")
   * 3 gallons Earthfare apple juice (SG = 1.052) [Season ended, couldn't acquire desired cider]
   * 2 gallons Sugarloaf Orchard Cider (SG = 1.058)
   * 1.39kg Vinters Harvest Blackberry Puree (SG = 1.052)
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  Temp stabilized at 74F. Adding honey tomorrow.
  
+ === 2012-03-23 ===
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+ Boiled 1 quart distilled water (from an open container, killing any possible natives) and allowed to cool to around 120F. Mixed 2.75lbs Nathan Carter honey (wildflower / from a farm in high point / dark and delicious) into the water, and poured the whole thing into the fermenter. In theory honey has few microbes / active fermentation means they can't compete / the free sulfite level in the must should be high enough to prevent evil microbes from growing. Stirred everything up as the wine making folks seem to do (and to blend in the honey, naturally).
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+  * Before addition, SG = 1.020 @ 78F (1.022 corrected)
+  * After addition, SG = 1.040 @ 80F (1.042 corrected)
+ 
+ Still need to work out the extra math (volume increased ~1.3 quarts or something) ... but it looks like the new OG would be around 1.095 (so it ought to finish around 1.006-8).
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