danlolasdad
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All the fermenters bubbled for weeks first pretty aggressively they sounded so cool in the spare room at night [emoji16] and then they all slowed down to a stop after approximately a month or so there was still some random activity here and there but they all stopped.
Earlier that year in May I ended up in hospital for two weeks with what turned out to be a spinal stroke but that wasn't correcly diagnosed until August when I had another 4 weeks in hospital after the birth of my son. I was struggling to walk and had treatment for the stroke too late. I lost my day job and I also had my own small welding business which I has to wind up. A period of depression occured and some turmoil for my family. Needless to say the cider was forgotten about.
Today 2 years later after lots of Neuro rehab and self determination and help massive help from my wife and close friends I'm back I'm with a person trainer twice a week and everything is great.
Yesterday I took a chance on doing something with the cider based on a YouTube video. I prepared two lots of fruit #1 Oranges and Raisins I boiled in pure apple juice and added sugar 500g. #2 Blueberries blackberries and strawberries boiled in pure apple juice and added sugar 500g.
The plan was to transfer 40 litres to 8 1gal demijohns.
This is complete now as of last night. I tested the cider and determined I had 6.04 ABV before transferring into the jars onto the fruit mixes which had cooled. The taste is tarty and bitter not all the apples were eaters the majority we're cooking apples and were massive. I tried to keep an even mix going during pressing. I have other vids and pics to dig out I'll do that later
I'd like to hear people's opinions regarding the remaining cider in the fermenters and the job I did last night. Thanks for taking the time to read I know it's long winded
Regards
Dan
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