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I knew it would taste dry with no sweetness but there is no apple taste whatsoever. It smells like cheap wine and tastes like cheap wine. I have 2 more batches fermenting at the moment and was hoping there is something I can do to make them a little more drinkable.

thanks. Yeah Ill try different yeast next time and other then sugar when bottling to carbonate I didnt add any. I'll just keep experimenting till I get the taste Im after. thank you

Ive recently bottled my cider and after a taste test it is more like a dry wine not cider. Where did I go wrong with it? I used champaigne yeast if that makes a difference. I added the yeast to my last 2 batches yesterday, is there something I should do differently this time to get more of a...

Thanks I'll give that a go

Hi everyone, I started my first batch of cider today. Im using a 25 litre plastic fermenter with a tap at the bottom. To take my hydrometer reading I am wondering if i should take the reading from a sample out of the tap or from the top of the fermenter. From my tap sample I got a reading of...