Hi I'm steve and new to this home brewing thing. Saw a kit for sale and decided to give it a go. But it's turned out absolutely terrrible!
Sorry! you probably get alot of messages from new ppl with similar questions however I'm going to ask anyway bacause if you dont ask you dont get.
I've followed the instrucitons on the cider kit to the letter.
I added all the right ammounts of sugar and water and left it for the stated times. After the first 7 days of fermenting it smelt absolutely stunning, as cider should! Then as the instructions stated I syphoned it into a 5 gal pressure barrel, added the extra sugar and have left it for 3 weeks, as advised in the indstructions.
Now came the tasting, I had a mate around to sample it and we were both very excited to see how it had turned out. However, it smelt (and tasted) absolutely foul. It tastes as though it's gone off. and looks very watery and pale. Very bitter taste to it and an oddly cloudy look to it. we both literally only took a sip of it and were gagging to throw up/
Now as I sed i'm new to this so do you thinkg its something major I've done wrong of have I just left it for too long or is it just a case of trial and error with these kits?
Any advise anyone could give me would be very much appreciated as I wouldnt mind givign it another go before christmas
Smitherz
Sorry! you probably get alot of messages from new ppl with similar questions however I'm going to ask anyway bacause if you dont ask you dont get.
I've followed the instrucitons on the cider kit to the letter.
I added all the right ammounts of sugar and water and left it for the stated times. After the first 7 days of fermenting it smelt absolutely stunning, as cider should! Then as the instructions stated I syphoned it into a 5 gal pressure barrel, added the extra sugar and have left it for 3 weeks, as advised in the indstructions.
Now came the tasting, I had a mate around to sample it and we were both very excited to see how it had turned out. However, it smelt (and tasted) absolutely foul. It tastes as though it's gone off. and looks very watery and pale. Very bitter taste to it and an oddly cloudy look to it. we both literally only took a sip of it and were gagging to throw up/
Now as I sed i'm new to this so do you thinkg its something major I've done wrong of have I just left it for too long or is it just a case of trial and error with these kits?
Any advise anyone could give me would be very much appreciated as I wouldnt mind givign it another go before christmas
Smitherz