Had to chunk the smaller batch of apple-pear cider due to nasty floaties.
\nI’d backsweetened it in secondary with a sugar\/mulling spice mix, but I used one that was already open and just dumped it in instead of boiling it first and letting it cool like I should have to kill off any grossness that might have slipped in.
\nLive and learn.<\/p>\n
The little apple\/pomegranate is still bubbling away, that’s gonna require quite a bit of sweetening after fermentation to overcome the tartness.<\/p>\n
The large apple-pear batch is needing to be racked here in the next day or so. Tonight if I can get to it. Think I’ll start another batch with the pomegranate, but use a higher apple\/pom ratio this time. Should keep the flavor but reduce the tartness a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Had to chunk the smaller batch of apple-pear cider due to nasty floaties. I’d backsweetened it in secondary with a sugar\/mulling spice mix, but I used one that was already open and just dumped it in instead of boiling it…
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