felix
Well-Known Member
hello people,
its a first post AND a first batch for me.
ok i'm facing a couple of problems here, and i desperately need answers!
i've processed my apples (multiple late harvested varieties from the orchard in my backyard! Ambrosia, Pink Lady, Fudji and the odd Corland) in my kitchen juicer, and almost filled a 3 gal carboy, around 3/4...
now many people will think of this stupid but i have to admit a skipped the sulfate pills step, and inoculated my juice directly with re-hydrated Champagne yeast EC-1118 "Prise De Mousse". Is contamination inevitable? Or could the yeasts be strong enough to overcome?
Now this morning my chances, if i had any, of succeeding got even more slim: i somehow managed to accidentally made a bit of the water contained in the airlock fall into the carboy. Dont ask me how.
This had been sitting there for 19 hours. Is my cider ruined? 100%?
Can i do something crazy like adding crushed pills now, killing everything yeasts included, then re-yeast my juice tomorrow?
please help a clueless newbie!
-felix
its a first post AND a first batch for me.
ok i'm facing a couple of problems here, and i desperately need answers!
i've processed my apples (multiple late harvested varieties from the orchard in my backyard! Ambrosia, Pink Lady, Fudji and the odd Corland) in my kitchen juicer, and almost filled a 3 gal carboy, around 3/4...
now many people will think of this stupid but i have to admit a skipped the sulfate pills step, and inoculated my juice directly with re-hydrated Champagne yeast EC-1118 "Prise De Mousse". Is contamination inevitable? Or could the yeasts be strong enough to overcome?
Now this morning my chances, if i had any, of succeeding got even more slim: i somehow managed to accidentally made a bit of the water contained in the airlock fall into the carboy. Dont ask me how.
This had been sitting there for 19 hours. Is my cider ruined? 100%?
Can i do something crazy like adding crushed pills now, killing everything yeasts included, then re-yeast my juice tomorrow?
please help a clueless newbie!
-felix