Hey everyone,
Today we were preparing to bottle our cider and it had this terrible taste. It was a foul bitter background/after taste. We never used campden (sp?) tablets because we have always made stuff without them and never noticed a real detriment to the taste. Do you think this could be the cause? Wild yeast? I used real, fresh apple cider with no preservatives, unpasteurized.
The thought that maybe we got some yeast in there and I was tasting that crossed my mind but I have tasted yeast in wine and beer before and I don't find it that unpleasant (certainly not the foul taste in this stuff).
Do you think it could have been too old? We started brewing on Thanksgiving so it has been close to a month.
Possibly a temperature problem? It might have been bit warmer than it should have been. Like 70 degrees I think.
We have never been very careful and always brew our stuff imperfectly with no foul tastes or anything so I didn't expect any major problems. I figured these factors might lead to a less than perfect batch but I never expected the undrinkable stuff that we got.
We ended up dumping the batch it was so bad.
Anyone have any ideas on what it might have been?
John
Today we were preparing to bottle our cider and it had this terrible taste. It was a foul bitter background/after taste. We never used campden (sp?) tablets because we have always made stuff without them and never noticed a real detriment to the taste. Do you think this could be the cause? Wild yeast? I used real, fresh apple cider with no preservatives, unpasteurized.
The thought that maybe we got some yeast in there and I was tasting that crossed my mind but I have tasted yeast in wine and beer before and I don't find it that unpleasant (certainly not the foul taste in this stuff).
Do you think it could have been too old? We started brewing on Thanksgiving so it has been close to a month.
Possibly a temperature problem? It might have been bit warmer than it should have been. Like 70 degrees I think.
We have never been very careful and always brew our stuff imperfectly with no foul tastes or anything so I didn't expect any major problems. I figured these factors might lead to a less than perfect batch but I never expected the undrinkable stuff that we got.
We ended up dumping the batch it was so bad.
Anyone have any ideas on what it might have been?
John