Cider

shop deals on amazon
Shop deals on ebay
Advertise with us
The Homebrew Forum

Help Support The Homebrew Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
B

beerbandit

New Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2016
Messages
11
Reaction score
0
Location
NULL
First timer here trying to make cider.

I have checked the gravity readings and the Cider is ready for bottling.

Couple of questions

The cider tastes a bit weak and slightly fizzy, and has a slight burning after taste on the tongue... Is that normal for dry cider.

When bottling up how much sugar should you add for fizz in 330ml bottle.

Finally I have just added Camden tablets, will I have to add more before bottling.
 
I would go for about 4g of sugar per 330ml, I usually bottle in 500ml's and use 6g

It will taste slightly fizzy though as a little residual co2 will be present in the cider still

Re: weak, do you mean flavour, or alcohol ? Did you take hydrometer readings at the start/end ?

What was your source for the juice, real apples or cartons etc ?

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk
 
Oh yeh, I meant to add about the Campden tablets, not really required for supermarket AJ cider... might still get away with getting it to carb up though, as it only stuns, not kills the yeast
 
I used real apples out of the garden (maid of Devon)..

Just tastes like Watered down very sharp/dry apple juice... Is this normal ?

I have added Camden tablets to kill off any bacteria before bottling..

All I need to do is add the sugar to the bottles (glass) and fill the bottles
 
beerbandit said:
I used real apples out of the garden (maid of Devon)..

Just tastes like Watered down very sharp/dry apple juice... Is this normal ?

I have added Camden tablets to kill off any bacteria before bottling..

All I need to do is add the sugar to the bottles (glass) and fill the bottles
Click to expand...

Most still dry cider tastes like that, drink a couple of pints and the effect is noticable. If you've drunk real cider uncarbonated then you'll find this normal. Prime and glass sounds bad idea to me, I have in past had them explode dangerously and known others having had the same issue. I used 2 ltr old plastic coke bottles, see what opinion others say before bottling.
 

Similar threads

B
Marrow Rum - second fermentation?
Replies
4
Views
455
MashBag
MashBag
evil.soup
Planning my first cider, have i got this right?
Replies
4
Views
1K
MattH1973
MattH1973
Sea brewer
Rescuing low OG with sugar, do I need to add further sugar for conditioning?
Replies
1
Views
177
Agentgonzo
Agentgonzo
H
Cider and perry brewer
Replies
2
Views
595
Chippy_Tea
Chippy_Tea
A
Carbonating after 2nd fermentation
Replies
4
Views
709
Supersocks
Supersocks

Latest posts

Back
Top