Hello all,
Absolute homebrew noob here. I had an offer of a lot of apples for free, and as there's only so much pie you can eat, I had the idea of making a batch of cider.
I blended the apples (first mistake, I presume) then passed off the juice into a plastic FV with some Lidl apple juice to make up the quantity to 5 gallons (go big or go home, eh?). I threw in a bunch of cider yeast, sealed the lid then set it up in the garage with an airlock and off it went.
A fortnight later, I transferred into the glass carboy and at this stage I have noticed two things. It's very cloudy, and smells a bit like farts. I'm assuming that I've let a lot of particulates and pectin through by blending the apples, and I've read that the sulphur smell is 'normal' and should pass.
Everything was cleaned and sanitised before I started, and I didn't once lift off the lid of the FV before I transferred into the glass carboy, so I'm fairly confident that it isn't infected.
Anyhoo, what I'm getting at, is if I throw some Pectolase in and give it time, will it clear up, and how long should I give things until the smell of bottoms goes away?
I've obtained yet another 25+kg of apples, so I would like advice on these things before I start another batch.
Cheers,
H
Absolute homebrew noob here. I had an offer of a lot of apples for free, and as there's only so much pie you can eat, I had the idea of making a batch of cider.
I blended the apples (first mistake, I presume) then passed off the juice into a plastic FV with some Lidl apple juice to make up the quantity to 5 gallons (go big or go home, eh?). I threw in a bunch of cider yeast, sealed the lid then set it up in the garage with an airlock and off it went.
A fortnight later, I transferred into the glass carboy and at this stage I have noticed two things. It's very cloudy, and smells a bit like farts. I'm assuming that I've let a lot of particulates and pectin through by blending the apples, and I've read that the sulphur smell is 'normal' and should pass.
Everything was cleaned and sanitised before I started, and I didn't once lift off the lid of the FV before I transferred into the glass carboy, so I'm fairly confident that it isn't infected.
Anyhoo, what I'm getting at, is if I throw some Pectolase in and give it time, will it clear up, and how long should I give things until the smell of bottoms goes away?
I've obtained yet another 25+kg of apples, so I would like advice on these things before I start another batch.
Cheers,
H
