I need help, another noob making cider.

[SkyeBrewer]

Hello all. I made some apple cider a few weeks ago, a basic recipe. I had no clue what I was doing so I let the yeast ferment out and I basically got a very very strong alcohol taste. I used champaign yeast and made some mighty dry strong cider. Anyway I kept going with it and racked it twice and got a pretty decent end product. I then back sweetened it and got a very potent and quite tasty apple wine like drink. So I the. Bottled it and corked it, hoping to carbonate it. However after four days of carbonation I noticed its starting to cloudy. So I popped.a bottle and it still taste good but it's cloudy and I'm worried its on its way to going vining at or sour. Please help!!!

 

[Meadiator]

Was it completely clarified before you bottled? Also, did you use proper sanitation?

 

[SkyeBrewer]

It was very clear when I bottled it. And sanitization is my number 1 priority. My fear however, is that when I corked I didn't boil them. I just soaked them for a few hours and corked it. The more I think about it this is where my mistake was. Is my batch ruined? Like is said it tasted ok still. But I fear its gonna get bad.

 

[Meadiator]

Well, to be honest, I have no clue what to do at this point.

My opinion on this is that if you didn't experience any off flavors whatsoever, you should be okay, but I am by no means a cider expert. You could always uncork back into a secondary and watch it for a while before you bottle it back up. Maybe you just had a stuck fermentation and it started back up when you bottled.

 

[SkyeBrewer]

That may be true, however when I uncorked it it had very little if any pressure. Which tells me it's not fermenting. I suppose ill just leave it for a couple days and see. If it gets extremely cloudy ill know its contaminated for sure right?

 

[Meadiator]

Quite possibly. Regardless, good luck! I hope it goes well