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This past Friday, I picked up 10gal of fresh pressed cider. When I got home, I put crushed campden tablets in and left it alone. Sunday morning I open the container to find wild yeast (I think?) had taken over. The liquid has a very strong sour smell. Do I have any options?

18,027 + 2 = 18,029 So sad I only made 2 instead of 5 :p

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charles Papazian is an excellent read for the beginner.

YooperBrew & menschmaschine, Thanks for the advice! I'm looking forward to making this lager :)

I will be making a lager soon using w-34/70, but I have a question about re-hydrating and temperature. On the Fermentis site it says to rehydrate at ~70F for 15-30min then pitch. Most likely I'm being overly concerned here, but my question is if there is an issue pitching the yeast which is...

Scaled this down for a 1gal recipe, and made an error when adding the pectic enzyme. Instead of adding 1 teaspoon I added 1 tablespoon! Not sure what affect that will have on the final result.

Thanks! :mug:

In a week I will be bottling an Old Brown Dog Ale clone and have a question on bottle conditioning. The instructions say to bottle and age @ 55-60F for 3 weeks but from everything I've read on this forum, it's suggested to be @ 70F for 3 weeks. Do I follow the instructions as written, or do I...