Smell of cider

[thyirishmen]

So I used 2 gallons of fresh pressed cider and a vile of wlp007. I fermented at 70 for 2 days and dropped it down to 67. It has been at 67 for 14 days. When I took the airlock off the cider smells like green apple. Is this just a sign it needs to keep aging? Should I take it out of primary now and keg it and wait a while?

 

[hunter_le five]

Sounds normal to me. The cider is probably still pretty tart, but I'll bet if you let it age for a while it will mellow out nicely. To me young ciders always taste and smell green-apple-ish.

 

[thyirishmen]

Can I keg it and let it age in there? Or should it just leave it in primary few more weeks

 

[Redking]

Seems like you have a good cider going! Many people after a few weeks of fermenting have ciders that still smell like sour yeast/rhino fart (depends on type of AJ, yeast, etc), and for the most part those all turn out really good after aging. I agree with the person above, it will have sharper flavors when it is "green", or young, and will really mellow after aging. Let us know how it tastes next time you taste it!

 

[hunter_le five]

Aging in the keg is fine. Personally, I like to wait until it is clear before transferring to the keg, then age and force-carb simultaneously.

 

[thyirishmen]

It is crystal clear. And when it was started looked like mud from the fresh pressed apples. I think it's good to transfer to keg and allow to age a bit.

 

[thyirishmen]

This was it being fg tested.


This was a first batch I did a week earlier.




This is it.