When I decided to make apple cider I spent 3 days looking at recipes for hard apple hard cider on the computer and I found a whole bunch of them. All of them said how easy it is to make. Now I will admit that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, however I also would like to think that I am not the dulles in the draw either. Now after reading everything posted in this forum I am not so sure about that last statement.
Most of the chemicals in this forum I have never heard of, and I don't have a clue as to what they are used for. Some of them I have figured out what they are used for. I tried one one of those simple, can't be messed up.YEAH RIGHT, I made a gallon and it looked orange after being bottled, so I taste tested it, didn't taste too bad, pretty tart for me, but let me tell you it had a kick, I mean a big kick. I let it sit in the frig for about 2 weeks and tested it again. It was still orange color to it, still smelled alright, and if any thing happened it still had if anything about doubled the kick the first one had. I have drank 100 proof whisky that had less of a kick than that batch of cider did. I am going to start over and do another batch and try to do it until I have something that tastes decent and you can drink more than a half of a cup with out getting falling down drunk.
Now I have said all of that to say this. Please don't get upset with me when I ask a lot of stupid questions. I know I will get it eventually, so any help you can give me will be very appreciated.
Thank You
mtnman68
Most of the chemicals in this forum I have never heard of, and I don't have a clue as to what they are used for. Some of them I have figured out what they are used for. I tried one one of those simple, can't be messed up.YEAH RIGHT, I made a gallon and it looked orange after being bottled, so I taste tested it, didn't taste too bad, pretty tart for me, but let me tell you it had a kick, I mean a big kick. I let it sit in the frig for about 2 weeks and tested it again. It was still orange color to it, still smelled alright, and if any thing happened it still had if anything about doubled the kick the first one had. I have drank 100 proof whisky that had less of a kick than that batch of cider did. I am going to start over and do another batch and try to do it until I have something that tastes decent and you can drink more than a half of a cup with out getting falling down drunk.
Now I have said all of that to say this. Please don't get upset with me when I ask a lot of stupid questions. I know I will get it eventually, so any help you can give me will be very appreciated.
Thank You
mtnman68