TheClairvoyant138
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ok so I got 3 gals of apple cider that has been fermenting for three weeks, I used 3 gallons of store bought juice not from concentrate. 4 lbs of table sugar, 1/2 lb store bought honey, and and 1/2 lb of agave nectar added some pectic enzyme and a small amount of yeast nutrient, then mixed in some Nottingham yeast gravity was 1.08. took 12 hours to start to bubble.
After a couple of days I got the rhino farts, so I decided to dump the rest of the little bit of yeast nutrient that I had left into the carboy...
That's when that old jimmy buffet song came to mind, you know the one... about the volcano...it was ugly.
So after losing 1/2 gallon or so it slowed, and after clean up I let it sit for 2 1/2 weeks, now when I open my swamp cooler (old nonworking wine frig) all I smell is apple cider vinegar
When I smell it directly, It smells a little sulfur-y, and possible decent cider if that sulfur smell went away.
SO what happened, do I trash it now, or wait?
oh and it is still fermenting, after a little over three weeks I am at 1.02
I hate to throw it away and waste 3 weeks, but if it is no good I would rather rip the bandage off now and get it over with.
After a couple of days I got the rhino farts, so I decided to dump the rest of the little bit of yeast nutrient that I had left into the carboy...
That's when that old jimmy buffet song came to mind, you know the one... about the volcano...it was ugly.
So after losing 1/2 gallon or so it slowed, and after clean up I let it sit for 2 1/2 weeks, now when I open my swamp cooler (old nonworking wine frig) all I smell is apple cider vinegar
When I smell it directly, It smells a little sulfur-y, and possible decent cider if that sulfur smell went away.
SO what happened, do I trash it now, or wait?
oh and it is still fermenting, after a little over three weeks I am at 1.02
I hate to throw it away and waste 3 weeks, but if it is no good I would rather rip the bandage off now and get it over with.