Hi all
A friend of ours has a small apple orchard and makes his own apple juice.
As he gives us so much of the stuff I thought, why not make some rough cider with it so I put 5 litres into a demi, sprinkled a small amount of cider yeast then applied the bung and bubbler. It's been bubbling away for 4 days now.
The apple juice I used had been in the fridge just over a week and smelled/tasted fine (not vinegary etc) I know ideally it should have been no more than 3 days old but is there any danger to using the juice after that length of time?
I read online someone stating that, if you leave fresh apple juice in the fridge too long it will 'eat you alive.' Were they referring to the natural alcohol production due to wild yeast or maybe something more sinister I'm wondering.
Many thanks
A friend of ours has a small apple orchard and makes his own apple juice.
As he gives us so much of the stuff I thought, why not make some rough cider with it so I put 5 litres into a demi, sprinkled a small amount of cider yeast then applied the bung and bubbler. It's been bubbling away for 4 days now.
The apple juice I used had been in the fridge just over a week and smelled/tasted fine (not vinegary etc) I know ideally it should have been no more than 3 days old but is there any danger to using the juice after that length of time?
I read online someone stating that, if you leave fresh apple juice in the fridge too long it will 'eat you alive.' Were they referring to the natural alcohol production due to wild yeast or maybe something more sinister I'm wondering.
Many thanks