Hi, i am trying to brew my own cider but have been having some problems and wondered if anyone could help me out.
First off i tried some supermarket apple juice and some sugar to see what would happen. I sterilised everything place the sugar, apple juice and wine yeast (could only get hold of wine yeast) into a demijohn and left it till the air lock stopped bubbling. After this i opened it and it had a really sour smell, like if you smelt it it made your nose hurt, (maybe vinagery smell but not like house hold vinger).
I bottled it and it does taste abit better now but not drinkable.
Since then i bought a 40 pint magnum cider kit. I followed the instructions and have been brewing it in a youngs barrel (the one with the whole in the top for an air lock). It says fermentation should take 7-8 days, but the cider has been sat at about 15 degrees celius and has only just stopped bubbling after almost 4 weeks. I have just opened it ready to bottle and i get hit with the same smell. I closed it back up and not sure what to do next.
Is this smell normal? Does anyone know what the smell is and why it is caused? What should I do with the kit i have now?
Thankyou for any help, I want to be able to make my own alchol but it all seems to have gone wrong so far,
cerby
First off i tried some supermarket apple juice and some sugar to see what would happen. I sterilised everything place the sugar, apple juice and wine yeast (could only get hold of wine yeast) into a demijohn and left it till the air lock stopped bubbling. After this i opened it and it had a really sour smell, like if you smelt it it made your nose hurt, (maybe vinagery smell but not like house hold vinger).
I bottled it and it does taste abit better now but not drinkable.
Since then i bought a 40 pint magnum cider kit. I followed the instructions and have been brewing it in a youngs barrel (the one with the whole in the top for an air lock). It says fermentation should take 7-8 days, but the cider has been sat at about 15 degrees celius and has only just stopped bubbling after almost 4 weeks. I have just opened it ready to bottle and i get hit with the same smell. I closed it back up and not sure what to do next.
Is this smell normal? Does anyone know what the smell is and why it is caused? What should I do with the kit i have now?
Thankyou for any help, I want to be able to make my own alchol but it all seems to have gone wrong so far,
cerby