Hi folks,
I followed Sandor Katz' simple instructions for wild cider in his book "the Art of Fermentation" and after a few days have nothing but little white specs on top of my juice (likely mold) with a small trace of bubbles around the edge - no vigourous fermentation as promised. Any ideas?
The steps were basically:
1) Source some unpasteurized apple juice
2) Put it in a carboy, lightly covered and leave at room temp
3) It will foam like crazy (no such luck here)
4) When it chills out put an airlock in it and let sit 1-2 months
5) Rack to secondary, let sit another 1-2 months
6) Bottle
I followed Sandor Katz' simple instructions for wild cider in his book "the Art of Fermentation" and after a few days have nothing but little white specs on top of my juice (likely mold) with a small trace of bubbles around the edge - no vigourous fermentation as promised. Any ideas?
The steps were basically:
1) Source some unpasteurized apple juice
2) Put it in a carboy, lightly covered and leave at room temp
3) It will foam like crazy (no such luck here)
4) When it chills out put an airlock in it and let sit 1-2 months
5) Rack to secondary, let sit another 1-2 months
6) Bottle