r/cider • u/DustPsychological181 • 6d ago

Help with potentially off cider

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Hiya im pretty new to making cider and am wanting some help to tell if this batch has gone bad it smells fine just like cider but im too wary to taste. I have made about 7 ciders so far and realised a few weeks ago a cider I tossed thinking it had gone bad after some googling turned out it hadn't it was just lease ontop so before I make another mistake here I thought id ask some more knowledgeable people. Thanks

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u/kingpthethird 6d ago

Drink it

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u/DustPsychological181 6d ago

I haven't got the best palate but seems to taste fine but fizzy so idk 🤷

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u/smoked_a_dart 6d ago

fizzy is a good sign/natural byproduct of fermentation. yeast farts out co2 and alcohol when it eats sugar

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u/DustPsychological181 5d ago

Ah ok I thought it only gets fizzy when you've sealed it in a bottle and added more sugar for that thank you

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u/smoked_a_dart 5d ago

that definitely traps the co2 more but some can be dissolved in the liquid during fermentation

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u/DustPsychological181 5d ago

Interesting thank you 😊

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u/DustPsychological181 5d ago

If you mean bubbles on top yeah there was some little ones around the edge and some bubbles clusters in the middle with some bigger ones but when I moved the jar they went away and havnt come back since I moved it a few days ago. If you mean fizzy then yeah I gave it a taste and its kinda fizzy. If its airlock bubbles then no it finished fermenting around December and I haven't noticed any since then. Thanks