Odors from cider making

[Michael Zercher]

I am looking for a new production space and one landlord is quite
concerned about odors coming from the process. I will install exhaust
fans, but this space has offices above the warehouse. The landlord is
afraid odors from the exhaust fans may bother those tenants above when
they have their windows open (I'm in New Mexico, so windows are open a
good part of the year). I've explained to them that the odors are
pleasant: apple and alcohol aromas. Have any of you heard complaints
from your neighbors or visitors about odors? How can I allay this
landlord's concerns? Thanks.

[Andrew Lea]

On 24/05/2013 13:57, Michael Zercher wrote:
>
> How can I allay this
> landlord's concerns? Thanks.
>

Pour some of your cider into a brandy glass, swirl it around, and tell
him to take a deep sniff. Then give him a few bottles to take home!

But seriously, if you can arrange for him to smell the process aromas
(can you take a demonstration sample from an active fermentation?), it
should reassure him that they are not offensive.

Andrew

--
Wittenham Hill Cider Portal
www.cider.org.uk

[Nat West]

Offensive is in the nose of the beholder. If spent pomace hangs around for a few days in a warm New Mexican spring, it will turn foul, potentially putrify, and be offensive.

Active fermentation can be offensive to some, especially in high concentrations.

On my lease, I snuck in a few clauses about odors and noise being that which you would expect from an operation in the same industry (cidermaking). That way, if the tenants or landlord complain, it's on them to prove that I am stinkier or louder than another cidery.

-Nat West, Portland Ore