Ok, so I have done searches and have found many different things about sulfur smell in cider... However none pertain to my exact situation and some say it will go away, some say it wont... Is my batch screwed?
This is my first batch of cider and I screwed it up pretty well off the bat.
5 gallons of store bought apple juice with no preservatives. 2 Lbs of Dextrose from the local HBS. OG was 1.062. Yeast was Nottingham dry pack.
I pitched the yeast about 20 mins after dissolving the Camden tablets in the 5 gallons.
Major fermentation started about 48 hours after pitching. Temp was held fairly well at 68 in a water bath. The smell right off the bat was sulfury.
Two weeks of fermenting and cider was down to 1.015. Still had the sulfur smell to it but tasted decent as long as you didn't smell it.
Racked into secondary with Potassium Sulfate to prep for back sweetening.
24 hours later I added the caramel and apple juice concentrate.
Kegged, chilled and working on carbonation right now.
Where did I do wrong? I didn't use a nutrient, I pitched the yeast really soon after camden tablet...
And more importantly... Is there a way to salvage this ship of its sulfury aroma...?
This is my first batch of cider and I screwed it up pretty well off the bat.
5 gallons of store bought apple juice with no preservatives. 2 Lbs of Dextrose from the local HBS. OG was 1.062. Yeast was Nottingham dry pack.
I pitched the yeast about 20 mins after dissolving the Camden tablets in the 5 gallons.
Major fermentation started about 48 hours after pitching. Temp was held fairly well at 68 in a water bath. The smell right off the bat was sulfury.
Two weeks of fermenting and cider was down to 1.015. Still had the sulfur smell to it but tasted decent as long as you didn't smell it.
Racked into secondary with Potassium Sulfate to prep for back sweetening.
24 hours later I added the caramel and apple juice concentrate.
Kegged, chilled and working on carbonation right now.
Where did I do wrong? I didn't use a nutrient, I pitched the yeast really soon after camden tablet...
And more importantly... Is there a way to salvage this ship of its sulfury aroma...?
