Recent content by axelboc

The latter of course :D Though I'll surely be able to use up at least 10L by giving away bottles to friends and family.

I use sodium percarbonate for cleaning, then the no-rinse steriliser sold by the HBS I go to. I make sure I clean and sterilise all utensiles I use, and I keep them in a cleaned and sterilised bucket when brewing. Thanks for the deep cleaning tips of the fermenter. Actually, I was thinking of...

Makes sense now. So I guess I'll use apple juice next time! Thankully, I did give a very good scrub to the fermenter with percarbonate right after bottling. Just to be sure, I'll bleach it this week-end. So much work wasted in bottling! Can't believe I'm gonna have to clean all those bottles...

Thanks all for your quick and great replies! I haven't seen many forums with such a responsiveness! Anyway, in terms of taste, it's really more like vinegar than unsweetened yoghurt. What I get from most of your comments is that for vinegar to have been produced, the content of the fermenter...

Hi all, After brewing beer 3 times, with surprisingly successful results, I decided to try out cider. Unfortunately, the result is this time pretty undrinkable: it burns the throat and tastes a bit like vinegar. I've got some suspicions on what might have caused this, but I'd really like to get...