QuercusMax
Well-Known Member
I've personally bottled dozens of batches with plain table sugar (boiled with a cup or two of water first), and never had any issues with proper carbonation or cidery tastes.
Two questions:
1) what exactly is a "cidery taste"? Are we talking acetaldehyde? Hard cider flavor? Sweet cider? Everybody assumes this is understood but it seems like a bad term unless it is defined.
2) Has anybody actually experienced issues with getting it to carbonate? Mine are generally fully carbonated within 3 days, and excellent drinking within 2 weeks. I've never noticed any superior results using corn sugar.
If anyone has done side by side tests between corn, table, and invert sugar I would love to hear.
Two questions:
1) what exactly is a "cidery taste"? Are we talking acetaldehyde? Hard cider flavor? Sweet cider? Everybody assumes this is understood but it seems like a bad term unless it is defined.
2) Has anybody actually experienced issues with getting it to carbonate? Mine are generally fully carbonated within 3 days, and excellent drinking within 2 weeks. I've never noticed any superior results using corn sugar.
If anyone has done side by side tests between corn, table, and invert sugar I would love to hear.