Basilisk
Active Member
So I've definitely gotten a huuuuuge improvement since the first batch, thanks to advice from people here telling me to switch from the yeast I was using (Lalvin EC-1118 wine yeast) to a Lallemand Nottingham Danstar Ale yeast.
However, my ciders taste alright, but kind of like cheap wine still. My friends say it's not bad, but it's clearly still not like a storebought one. So, I was wondering if you could take a quick look at my process/stats and tell me if there's anything obvious I can change:
1 gallon Musselman's apple cider, 2g Lallemand Ale yeast rehydrated in ~30ml warm water before adding. I sanitized everything carefully. I pitched it on 12/31/2013, bottled it on 1/12/2014. I never racked to a secondary, because I read that big thread where they said it doesn't matter. I didn't add any sugar or apple juice concentrate in this batch.
OG: 1.06, FG: 1.01 (->ABV ~5.3%). I added a tbsp of xylitol (I like it sweet) and a sugar drop (to carbonate) to each bottle.
Is there anything obviously wrong? Is it that I just didn't let it go enough? The bubbling had stopped for at least several days when I bottled it, but does it still do a lot after that?
Thanks!
However, my ciders taste alright, but kind of like cheap wine still. My friends say it's not bad, but it's clearly still not like a storebought one. So, I was wondering if you could take a quick look at my process/stats and tell me if there's anything obvious I can change:
1 gallon Musselman's apple cider, 2g Lallemand Ale yeast rehydrated in ~30ml warm water before adding. I sanitized everything carefully. I pitched it on 12/31/2013, bottled it on 1/12/2014. I never racked to a secondary, because I read that big thread where they said it doesn't matter. I didn't add any sugar or apple juice concentrate in this batch.
OG: 1.06, FG: 1.01 (->ABV ~5.3%). I added a tbsp of xylitol (I like it sweet) and a sugar drop (to carbonate) to each bottle.
Is there anything obviously wrong? Is it that I just didn't let it go enough? The bubbling had stopped for at least several days when I bottled it, but does it still do a lot after that?
Thanks!