Smells Like Apple Pie Cider

[brad81]

One mean hillbilly!

 

[manticle]

True that is pretty cheap :lol: would only using half juice half water affect the flavour too much?

Yes.

 

[Helles]

21LT of Juice!! Far out and how much did that cost :lol: tempted to try this but damn

It was on sale at Coles for $ 3-4 for 3 lt

 

[Helles]

I'm no cider expert :icon_cheers: but wouldn't boiling the apple juice set pectins. That would explain the cloudy look to a cider already down to 1.004? Boiling it with acid (lemon juice) even more so (thinks back to jam making days?) Spiced Apple Pie Jam Cider.

If you're kegging you can just drop the temperature to stop fermentation when its dry enough and keg it/keep cool. It'll stop it getting too dry (if there is such a thing with cider)

Lemon juice was boiled in the sugar syrup if that means anything to you
Dont know about the pectin / Cloudyness Will find out
Was going to age this for year or two so i will pasteurize in the keg if i feel it is to dry
By putting keg in HLT at what ever temp is needed
Dont think i will need to

 

[Helles]

True that is pretty cheap :lol: would only using half juice half water affect the flavour too much?

One of the reasons i reduced 3 lt of juice was to increase the OG
Up the alcohol a bit to help with aging Hopfully

 

[Helles]

Ive taken another hydrometer reading today come down to 1006
Airlock started popping after i took reading I thought it stalled as i hadnt heard it for a week or so
Still got the lemon but has started to fade
Cinnamon coming through as bit of warmth
Vanilla is there i think not sure
And no hit of alcohol
This is looking to be very good

 

[JaseH]

Ive taken another hydrometer reading today come down to 1006
Airlock started popping after i took reading I thought it stalled as i hadnt heard it for a week or so
Still got the lemon but has started to fade
Cinnamon coming through as bit of warmth
Vanilla is there i think not sure
And no hit of alcohol
This is looking to be very good

Mine currently smells like the dog ate half a dozen hard boiled eggs and farted in my ferm fridge! :wacko: I'm assuming sulfur smells are normal when fermenting a cider?

 

[manticle]

Not uncommon. Get some decent nutrient , boil up with a touch of water and add in. Lack of nitrogen is a main cause of sulphur stink in cider I'm led to believe.

Will dissipate with time but nutrient will help.

 

[Helles]

Mine currently smells like the dog ate half a dozen hard boiled eggs and farted in my ferm fridge! :wacko: I'm assuming sulfur smells are normal when fermenting a cider?

My Munich Helles smelt and tasted like that last week
Kegged it today no hints of it now

 

[Helles]

Kegged this one today @ 1002
Something like 8.8%AV :super:
Tastes pretty good out of hydrometer tube
Cinnamon comes through as bit of warmth still
Vanilla not sure about
Lemon is still fading
Will put it away for at least 6 months
And see how it turns out
Might be a little thin @1002 But some CO2 should change how this feels