Blowing off sulphur cider smell and taste

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emyers

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I recently made a lazy batch of cider with no aeration or nutrient and us-05 instead of ec1118.. bad mistake. About a month after starting fermentation i went to keg, while kegging i realized it tasted like sour rotten eggs.. yum. I read somewhere that CO2 through air stone will blow off the sulphur. Here is what worked for me so it seems;

hook up the air in line to the liquid out post (try it, it works just wont lock) , open pressure relief, turn on Co2 flow to a trickle for about 5 mins causing bubbles of Co2 through the keg. This noticeably reduced the sulphur taste and smell. I have it carbonating currently and plan to degass the dissolved Co2 in a few days by adding some dissolved honey. That typically causes a ****load of Co2 to release. That should hopefully blow off any remnants of S02.

Just wanted to share my experience
 
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