Bigblastbeat
New Member
I recently made a 5 gallon batch of cider following the recipe detailed in this reddit post. My first attempt at a cider.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cider/s/qft8LfVAWz
It ended up too sweet as I maybe should of expected from the amount of sugar added. Also I unfortunately lost my OG reading so I am unable to tell whether my EC1118 is at its maximum tolerance. I racked once already and added some cut apples to bring back some of the apple flavor which I found was almost completely missing after the 2 months it was fermenting. There is no activity in my airlock for about a month now and no bubbles in my carboy.
Either way I pitched more yeast and added some fermaid incase it was possibly stalled.
So far the additions of apples and some acid and tannin blend have helped knock out the overly sweet taste but it still is very overwhelming.
I have also heard that fortifying a sweet cider with applejack or apple brandy can help thwart the sweetness down. Has anybody tried this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/cider/s/qft8LfVAWz
It ended up too sweet as I maybe should of expected from the amount of sugar added. Also I unfortunately lost my OG reading so I am unable to tell whether my EC1118 is at its maximum tolerance. I racked once already and added some cut apples to bring back some of the apple flavor which I found was almost completely missing after the 2 months it was fermenting. There is no activity in my airlock for about a month now and no bubbles in my carboy.
Either way I pitched more yeast and added some fermaid incase it was possibly stalled.
So far the additions of apples and some acid and tannin blend have helped knock out the overly sweet taste but it still is very overwhelming.
I have also heard that fortifying a sweet cider with applejack or apple brandy can help thwart the sweetness down. Has anybody tried this?