Re: Need help: Simple Hard Cider recipe from Wild Fermentation

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Well, I think I answered my own question...

I just checked up on it and it is bubbling vigorously and is starting

to taste decidedly more alcoholic. I baked dinner tonight, which

warmed up the kitchen - so I guess it was chilly.

The new batch is bubbling away too!

I'm soooo excited. I put out some corn sprouts/honey and rye

flour/water to join my cider and ginger bug on top of the fridge.

Thanks all!

*runs back to the kitchen to watch the cider bubble more*

-Lana

On 10/1/05, Lana Gibbons <lana.m.gibbons@...> wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> I put some Cider out to ferment back on 9/25 and I was wondering if

> someone would be able to help me tell if its done or not.

>

> It didn't bubble much that I could see, other than the bubbles that

> accumulated at the top. Some dark brown stuff ended up on top and the

> glass never bubbled over, so yesterday I scooped some of the scum off

> and today there was a refresh of bubbles on the top. It is much

> lighter than the original cider I put in the vessel, a lot of dark

> stuff is at the bottom - it reminds me of the mother of vinegar.

>

> On day 3 it still tasted a lot like cider, yesterday (Day 5) it

> started tasting kind of alcoholic, and today it reminds me of a mild

> apple cider vinegar (the only apple ferment I have had before) - but I

> wouldn't exactly call it sour. It is still very drinkable but it has

> not yet tasted dry. What is natural hard cider supposed to taste like

> when its just right?

>

> I just prepped another batch today by tossing 1/4 tsp of the old stuff

> in it. I am storing this cider in a different location (on top of the

> fridge as opposed to on the counter) and it is visibly bubbling. The

> counter does get some very mild sunlight, but I was blocking that by

> putting a book in front of the container. It is also cooler than the

> top of the fridge.

>

> Did I do something wrong with the first batch or should I just wait a

> few more days?

>

> Thanks!

>

> -Lana

>