Bit of a random question this one...
As much as I love a good pint of cider, I'm very allergic to lots of commercial ciders. A couple if mouthfuls of the stuff and I basically go a funny shade of purple and my lungs stop letting air in! I've also had the same effect with some wine and a couple of beers.
So I decided if I made my own cider, I'd be ok, right? I mean what could possibly go wrong?
I finally got round to sampling a bottle I made a couple of months ago and I was very nearly dragging myself off to A+E earlier tonight. A bit of a pain, yes, but at least I've narrowed down my allergy to something in MY cider.
As I know I'm not allergic to apple juice or tea it's gotta be either campden tablets, yeast (which seems unlikely) or pectolase (that's where my money's going!)
So my question, does anyone know if commercial ciders, or wines use pectolase? It might even be worth dropping some emails to the big companies and see if I get any response.
I'm sticking to stout for the time being!
Edit: the wonders of autocorrect has changed the title of this post to pectorals allergy. I'd just like to point out that, as far as I'm aware, I have no allergy to pectorals, or any other body parts.
As much as I love a good pint of cider, I'm very allergic to lots of commercial ciders. A couple if mouthfuls of the stuff and I basically go a funny shade of purple and my lungs stop letting air in! I've also had the same effect with some wine and a couple of beers.
So I decided if I made my own cider, I'd be ok, right? I mean what could possibly go wrong?
I finally got round to sampling a bottle I made a couple of months ago and I was very nearly dragging myself off to A+E earlier tonight. A bit of a pain, yes, but at least I've narrowed down my allergy to something in MY cider.
As I know I'm not allergic to apple juice or tea it's gotta be either campden tablets, yeast (which seems unlikely) or pectolase (that's where my money's going!)
So my question, does anyone know if commercial ciders, or wines use pectolase? It might even be worth dropping some emails to the big companies and see if I get any response.
I'm sticking to stout for the time being!
Edit: the wonders of autocorrect has changed the title of this post to pectorals allergy. I'd just like to point out that, as far as I'm aware, I have no allergy to pectorals, or any other body parts.