tc way to sweet yuck!!!!!!!

[norfolk brew]

had a drink of my turbo cider when i was bottleing up. it was so sweet its undrinkable. is there any way of geting the magor sweet taste away or reduce it a bit. any help much apprecated. thanks, ollie

 

[corby_brewer]

What was the FG when you bottled it? how much sugar did you use to prime the bottles with?

 

[norfolk brew]

fg??????? sugar to prime bottles ????? lost me lol im new to all this . i put the hydro meter in and it was on the 10% line if that means any thing?? i have only bottled 1 the rest is in a new demi john.

 

[jonewer]

Has it actually fermented?

Were there bubbles and co2 and stuff? If its sweet then its full of sugar. If its full of sugar then it hasnt fermented properly.

 

[norfolk brew]

ahh may not have finshed yet then i will leve it in demi and see how it gets on.

 

[corby_brewer]

how long as it been since you started it mate?

 

[norfolk brew]

monday i did it

 

[Samarith]

You really need to learn how to read your hydrometer. Hydrometers are marked from 990 (not much sugar) to 1120 (bottle this only if you want an insurance claim). While it varies by bottle I wouldn't put anything higher than 1016 in a glass bottle and even then I'd be wrapping it in a towel or something incase it detonates. :shock:

If you don't know how much sugar is left in a brew you're going to get bottle bombed and trust me..that isn't fun. :nono:

 

[snail59]

monday i did it

Nowhere near ready for bottling yet. As samarith says work on the hydrometer reading. This wont want bottling till it gets down to 1.000.

 

[31bb3]

all my TC's have finished up as dry as a nuns 'c' had to back sweeten

 

[norfolk brew]

thanks guys im new to all this and yeah was trying to run before i could walk. il inspect the hydro meter later today. il leve the brew for another week and see how it goes. then test again. once again thanks everyone. i may get the hang of it some time soon lol

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

all my TC's have finished up as dry as a nuns 'c' had to back sweeten

Same here, maybe the yeast is poor quality or not up to the job??
What yeast did you use?

 

[norfolk brew]

jus allisons dried yeast as it said on one of the threads / post on here.

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

jus allisons dried yeast as it said on one of the threads / post on here.

Try some young's cider yeast of buy a Wyeast strain that's for cider and make splits for starters.
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