So I went ahead and attempted my first batch of hard cider tonight, and realized I made a very stupid mistake using a tablespoon of yeast instead of a teaspoon. I only made one gallon. Not only that but when I mixed the yeast with water I think I may have heated it up too much. I didn't boil it but it got pretty heated. Do I have just a bunch of dead yeast that won't do anything?
I used Nottingham ale yeast and the package said 1 gallon, but the recipe I followed only said to use one teaspoon which would've been less that what was in there. I put about 2.5 cups of sugar in there. The recipe also called for champagne yeast but I wanted a sweeter outcome so I got the Nottingham.
Please help I'm new to this, also doesn't help that I'm running off very little sleep!
I used Nottingham ale yeast and the package said 1 gallon, but the recipe I followed only said to use one teaspoon which would've been less that what was in there. I put about 2.5 cups of sugar in there. The recipe also called for champagne yeast but I wanted a sweeter outcome so I got the Nottingham.
Please help I'm new to this, also doesn't help that I'm running off very little sleep!