lxxenigmaxxl
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I did something crazy a couple of weeks ago and want to get a little input on what I did and if I ruined my brew.
I have been brewing 5 gallon of fresh cider with Nottingham and 2 cups sugar since the beginning of October and it has gotten very dry. I decide I wanted to make it a little different from the last batch so 3 days ago I added 5 cans of concentrated apple juice and 5 pounds of honey.I brought them to 160F and cooled before adding. After adding new ingredients it brought the SG back up to 1.050 from FG 1.000 and I realized I added to much sugar and the batch tasted like honey. I let it sit for a few days and fermentation has slowed to a crawl. ( bubble every 2 min)
I started thinking about what I had done and felt as if I had created a cyser instead to cider. So with that I decided to pitch some D47 to help the dying Nottingham. Three days went by and fermentation did not change so I decided to add some raisins for nutrient. 3 more days nothing has happened so I add 2 teaspoons of energizer and nutrient and it is still doing nothing. does anyone know what has gone wrong and how to kick start this dying brew.
I have been brewing 5 gallon of fresh cider with Nottingham and 2 cups sugar since the beginning of October and it has gotten very dry. I decide I wanted to make it a little different from the last batch so 3 days ago I added 5 cans of concentrated apple juice and 5 pounds of honey.I brought them to 160F and cooled before adding. After adding new ingredients it brought the SG back up to 1.050 from FG 1.000 and I realized I added to much sugar and the batch tasted like honey. I let it sit for a few days and fermentation has slowed to a crawl. ( bubble every 2 min)
I started thinking about what I had done and felt as if I had created a cyser instead to cider. So with that I decided to pitch some D47 to help the dying Nottingham. Three days went by and fermentation did not change so I decided to add some raisins for nutrient. 3 more days nothing has happened so I add 2 teaspoons of energizer and nutrient and it is still doing nothing. does anyone know what has gone wrong and how to kick start this dying brew.