RPh_Guy
Bringing Sour Back
Haha, that's why you should do a bench trial. It works fast and too much causes a horrible metallic taste, so it's important to get the dosage right.Holy cow. The copper sulfate worked. It worked almost instantaneously. I've never seen anything work that fast.
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S also known as "sulfur" or rotten egg smell) is a common problem with cider (and wine and sometimes beer) so it's good to learn to avoid it or learn to remove it.
Reduless does work, but it's a very small amount of copper at the suggested dose, and doesn't work immediately, so it's best to use if the amount of H2S is pretty subtle and if you're not impatient *cough*... Multiple doses of Reduless may be needed if there a lot of H2S.
I buy copper sulfate as a 1% solution, which makes bench trials a little easier.
If it doesn't taste metallic, it's fine.Because I didn't measure out the amount of copper I won't be serving it to other people and will eventually dump it.