curbdawg
Active Member
So I bottled one of my 5 gallon batches last week. When bottling it tasted pretty good. My plan was to bottle age it till next christmas. However, last night (New Years) I decided to crack open one bottle, early in the day so I could get a feel for the taste. It was unbearable!! I'm not sure how to descibe it, but I could only manage to take 3-4 sips and had to dump it out.
The bottles were soaked in oxyclean to remove lables one week, rinsed and boxed. Then before bottling I soaked them in a mixture of C-Brite and Camden tablets. Then rinsed well with hot water and bottled. I believe that adding the cider to bottles is what made the nasty taste. I will still let these sit till next year. If it was the cleaner i used do you think it would go away over time?
The bottles were soaked in oxyclean to remove lables one week, rinsed and boxed. Then before bottling I soaked them in a mixture of C-Brite and Camden tablets. Then rinsed well with hot water and bottled. I believe that adding the cider to bottles is what made the nasty taste. I will still let these sit till next year. If it was the cleaner i used do you think it would go away over time?