2/20/2011
Its been a few days since my last post. I had to travel half way across the US and back.
What did I find when I got back? Well, the watermelon wine sucks. It is probably exactly what it is supposed to taste like. I just don't like the taste. It is so going to be poured out into the back 40. The mead is fighting any signs of completing fermentation and is still going with a bubble ever 20-30 seconds. The hard lemonade finally kicked off and is not having a hard fermentation but it is going on a steady bubble flipping.
The Apple Cider however has completed all fermentation. I racked it and it is now clearing up faster than I had expected. The top 1/3rd of the liquid is a beautiful clearing amber color. I tried the liquid and was quite shocked. It was a very dry cider with one hell of an alcohol kick to it. I will look into sweetening it before bottling it up. I am ready to try the cider thing again only this next time I will be adding some raisins and we will be working with a LOT more sugar. I plan on using a yeast that will die quicker in alcohol so I can get a much sweeter cider. I really didn't taste the cinnamon in the cider so next time I will be adding a few sticks for the primary and remove them when they go to the secondary. I have to say that I am not all that pleased with the flavor of the cider it is living up to the name of "Atomic Rock Hard Apple Cider".
Keep it bubbling!
Chuck
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