by Gill » Tuesday Sep 20, 2011 12:06 pm
I decided to make a cider from about 9L juice, I think 1/2kg of caster sugar, 1.25kg strawberries (did nothing) and water to a total 15L.
Problem is, its finished now and tasted terrible, or rather, doesn't taste. Its extremely flavorless (just an aftertaste that reminds me of fermentation, yeasty I suppose), and smells kind of like a bland fart (not just an expression, but a fairly accurate description, and a comical one at that).
Also, it didn't carbonate (I was a bit lazy, and added 80g of honey a day before bottling, I think most of it fermented out before bottling).
I'm thinking of adding some juice to each one, recapping and leaving it for another 2 weeks.
Assuming the juice is about 10% sugar (from the label), the usual 6g or priming sugar = 60g juice, close enough to 60 mils. So two shots of juice in each 750ml bottle.
Anyone recommend another course of action?
EDIT: toss it seems like a reasonable call, but I'll go down with the ship like a good captain this time
Cheers,
Gilly