I am making hooch...need help

[JaunRambo]

I used 100% apple juice plastic bottle with baking yeast and 100g sugar. I left the lid slightly loose to let the gas out.

Now, I know the recommended fermentation time is 2 weeks...its been 1 week..I am getting impatient..5-7% ABV is good enough for me..

Now I have some questions.

- What is the final step to make it drinkable (stop fermentation, removing yeast etc)?
- Risk of infections because the lid was loose?
- Methanol Poisoning?

Thanks.

 

[bracconiere]

1- drink it
2-LOL, if your making cider in a jug, that's funny.....it won't be anything that tastes too bad....i'm drinking some cider now that the lid wasn't air tight, tastes a bit like brown apple....
3- no

if you want it carbd i'd say look up a carb calc and add appropriate sugar tighten lid wait another week.....

i've just dumpped 10 gallons of apple juice in a storage tote added bakers yeast, and drank it flat from a pitcher......not to bad, but much better cold....

 

[JaunRambo]

1- drink it
2-LOL, if your making cider in a jug, that's funny.....it won't be anything that tastes too bad....i'm drinking some cider now that the lid wasn't air tight, tastes a bit like brown apple....
3- no

if you want it carbd i'd say look up a carb calc and add appropriate sugar tighten lid wait another week.....

i've just dumpped 10 gallons of apple juice in a storage tote added bakers yeast, and drank it flat from a pitcher......not to bad, but much better cold....

Drink it with active yeast and all the crap at the bottom?

 

[myndflyte]

Put it in the fridge first. The yeast will settle to the bottom.

 

[bracconiere]

^^^ what he said is called flocculation, bakers yeast don't do it particularly good, but will....

Drink it with active yeast and all the crap at the bottom?

 

[myndflyte]

Plus it's hooch. Seems only appropriate to drink it straight from the fermenter.