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I tasted this batch today and at first I was reluctant to try it but after a minute I downed about an ounce of it and it wasn't wreched as I imagined it would be. It didn't have much flavor it almost had a faint apple taste but still smelled a bit sour. Maybe it's a new Florida Sour Apple cider? Lol

It was 100 % Motts apple juice with no preservatives. I used this to throw on to a used yeast cake to get some plain some cider. I know not the best choice but made some great cider before

Ok so maybe let it sit in secondary and see if the smell disapates?

Didn't really care to taste it with it smelling like that. My other batches I have made previously are sweet smelling like Apple juice and alcohol. That's why this one threw me off.

When I opened the fermenter the smell about burned my nose

I used a nottingham yeast cake from a batch of cherry Apple cider I racked off about 2 weeks ago and poured 5 gallons of apple juice on it. I also used a 5 gallon dose of year nutrients at the beginning of the ferment. I racked it off about 5 days ago and when I opened the primary it smells a...

If you got a receipe it would be greatly appreciated. Or at the least some details. The wife would love this!

Awesome thank you

And still carbonate it? It's filled up to about 1/4 inch under the stopper with airlock

How long is too long to wait to carbonate my cider if I have moved it to my secondary?

I appologize for that mistake I abbreviated Diamonium Nitrate and didn't realize it. I will correct it on my original post. My short hand I put DNE.

I don't have the bottle of DME sitting in front of me but I believe it is 1tsp for 5 gallons. If you buy a container it will say on it how much for 5 gallons. As for the extract it was $15 and even using it to flavor the whole batch I hardly put a dent in the small bottle I bought. I assume it...

Don't know why the number 8 showed up as a smiley face but it did. So extra nutrients at days 4 & 8

4 ½ gallons of 100% Musselman’s Apple Cider (½ gallon White House apple juice) ¾ gallons of R.W. Knudsen Just Black Cherry Juice 1lb dark brown organic sugar 1 package of nottingham yeast...

Just apple at 5% using nottingham yeast