Hello,
I need help with my first batch of hard cider.
I am making one 5 gallon batch of cider from a variety of freshly picked apples. I pasteurized the juice on my kitchen stove with a big pot. After the juice cooled I added 2 packs of wine yeast from my local homebrew store. Fermentation occurred.
I am now ready to add corn sugar to carbonate and bottle but I have a problem. The cider is alcoholic but it has a distict lemon taste and does not have hardley any apple flavor.
1) Do you know why I might be having this lemon taste problem?
2) Do you have any suggestions on how to fix the lemon flavor before bottling?
I would really hate to see this 5 gallons of fresh cider that I pressed myself go to waste.
Thanks for your help.
Ryan
I need help with my first batch of hard cider.
I am making one 5 gallon batch of cider from a variety of freshly picked apples. I pasteurized the juice on my kitchen stove with a big pot. After the juice cooled I added 2 packs of wine yeast from my local homebrew store. Fermentation occurred.
I am now ready to add corn sugar to carbonate and bottle but I have a problem. The cider is alcoholic but it has a distict lemon taste and does not have hardley any apple flavor.
1) Do you know why I might be having this lemon taste problem?
2) Do you have any suggestions on how to fix the lemon flavor before bottling?
I would really hate to see this 5 gallons of fresh cider that I pressed myself go to waste.
Thanks for your help.
Ryan