ive currently got a batch in my pantry that i made from apples pressed from the tree in my garden. i added my yeast today and my kids have shaken the bottle. the yeast i added is now at below the fine sediment from the juice at the bottom of the demijohn. Will this inhibit the yeast or the quality in any way if i just leave it?
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give it a day or two and if there's no noticeable evidence of a ferment, then a gentle rousal with a sanitised spoon (or handle end of a spoon if the DJ nozzle isn't wide enough for the spoon end) should get it suspended again 
edit, i doubt it'll affect the flavour as it'll all drop out at the end of the ferment anyway
edit, i doubt it'll affect the flavour as it'll all drop out at the end of the ferment anyway
Vossy1
Landlord.
I hope you didn't fill the dj too full...if you did..tonight the yeast will throw out what it doesn't want....all over wherever you've put it :twisted:
i tried to stick to the instuctions from here http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gunni ... ingit.html
as closely as i could.
Basically the apples on my tree in my garden produced enough apples for approx 3.5L of juice.
I just rinsed them, quartered them and used an electric juicer (that my mother once bought on a whim and never used). added a crushed campden tablet to the juice and then added a teaspoon of Youngs Brew wine yeast 24 hours later.
This is my first attempt at making cider from apples so ive no idea how its going to turn out.
at the moment the juice is a yellowy colour (which i think is from using the electric juicer i.e. not much oxidising) and quite cloudy. Ill update as to how the fermentation goes.
as closely as i could.
Basically the apples on my tree in my garden produced enough apples for approx 3.5L of juice.
I just rinsed them, quartered them and used an electric juicer (that my mother once bought on a whim and never used). added a crushed campden tablet to the juice and then added a teaspoon of Youngs Brew wine yeast 24 hours later.
This is my first attempt at making cider from apples so ive no idea how its going to turn out.
at the moment the juice is a yellowy colour (which i think is from using the electric juicer i.e. not much oxidising) and quite cloudy. Ill update as to how the fermentation goes.
this is the setup at the moment
the white froth in the middle seems to have appeared since i added the yeast which im (hopefully) taking as a sign that its starting to work.
Do you think there would be any issues with not filling the demijohn any more?
the white froth in the middle seems to have appeared since i added the yeast which im (hopefully) taking as a sign that its starting to work.
Do you think there would be any issues with not filling the demijohn any more?
Vossy1
Landlord.
Usually ciders take off like rockets at 24 hours in. It's common practice to top the DJ up at 48 hours...if there's room, once the initial vigorous fermentation has subsided
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