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Day 5: Full and healthy fermentation! No stink, just a delightful citrus odor. Has anyone bottled this stuff? If so, do you even need to do anything for it to carbonate? Seems so insanely carbonated even at this early stage!

After nearly 4 days I'm seeing airlock activity! I went to smell the top and it's got a slight sulfur smell. Busted out the whip and degassed it and HOLY CRAP it was foaming all over the place! I'm assuming that's the trapped gas?

I've noticed an extremely slow and small amount of activity in my airlock. Didn't have time for a reading but hopefully tonight. If things don't pick up in the next few days I'm thinking of pitching a yeast cake from an active cider I'm working on. Is this a good idea or no? I figured it can't...

Thanks for the replies Vikings & Arpolis. So in the future I need to add the lemon juice in increments to get this fermenting quicker? That's what I'm gathering. I will whip the must tonight once again and get a reading -- stay tuned.

UPDATE: Took some gravity readings and I realized that I made a slightly larger batch than one gallon (my intended size) but not all of it would fit in the fermenter. Never got a reading at time of pitching (bonehead move). Reading was at 1.060 after 30 hours, but with 3 cups of sugar in this...

First of all thank you for the reply! I've only been brewing for a few months (and only ciders) so I'm new to many terms. My batch has only been pitched for roughly 30 hours now, but I rehydrated the yeast (with a bit of sugar to get it rolling quickly) before pitching and now I see zero...

I went full speed ahead and threw a batch together not realizing that I could stress the yeast by throwing lemon juice in all at once. I rehydrated my yeast and it was very active going in and now 24 hours later.. nothing happening. What are my options? I know, I'm a bonehead.

(Experts, correct me if I'm wrong here) Campden tablets would kill off the fermentation process and likely give you off (skunk) flavors at this point. Avoid using that. I do believe you can use the pectic enzyme at this stage. Of course, that is MY opinion.. :)