acowutter
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Well this will be my 3rd batch of cider and I might just be doing something wrong that I'm not reading any where else , but I'm using 5 gallons of store-bought apple juice (I've tried three different brands and types all of them without preservatives) I'm using corn sugar to bring up my original gravity to somewhere between 1.090 and 1.080. I'm using white labs English cider yeast and then putting all of that into a 5 gallon fermenting bucket , I'm making sure everything is completely sanitized and clean, fermentation usually kicks off pretty quick and I let that go until about 1.020 (because I still want it sweet ) and then I add potassium sorbate to stop that, but in all three batches there's a very strong vinegar taste what am I doing wrong. Any help is appreciated thank you and sorry for being so long