Okay, I saw a guy online who did this:
Take an organic apple and peel it, put the peel into a sugar solution and allowed fermentation to take place. Washed the yeast and used it for his cider.
My question is this: First and foremost, is this possible? Safe?
If it did work, what are the possibilities that this yeast would be a good yeast to use for a cider?
Right now I have had the peel in a sugar solution for about a week. It may just be my imagination, but the plastic soda bottle I had it in seemed harder to squeeze. I took out the peel and transfered the liquid to another bottle. I have put that in a warm place and hopefully it will continue to grow the yeast(if there are any). If it does grow them I will pitch it into a gallon of apple juice and see how it turns out.
Let me know if you guys have done anything like this or have any insights.
Take an organic apple and peel it, put the peel into a sugar solution and allowed fermentation to take place. Washed the yeast and used it for his cider.
My question is this: First and foremost, is this possible? Safe?
If it did work, what are the possibilities that this yeast would be a good yeast to use for a cider?
Right now I have had the peel in a sugar solution for about a week. It may just be my imagination, but the plastic soda bottle I had it in seemed harder to squeeze. I took out the peel and transfered the liquid to another bottle. I have put that in a warm place and hopefully it will continue to grow the yeast(if there are any). If it does grow them I will pitch it into a gallon of apple juice and see how it turns out.
Let me know if you guys have done anything like this or have any insights.