Cider Digest #0500

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 · 7 months ago

Subject: Yeast Bite? 
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 21:21:27 -0500 (EST) 
From: dmorris@st6000.sct.edu (Daric Morris) 

 
I started a cider about a month ago.  I racked it once, but had to leave 
town for sometime and was unable to rack again.  It was still active, but 
I did not worry about it because I was sure it got infected.  My last two 
batches of beer made in the same manner and with the same equipment have 
been infected and I assumed the cider would be too. :(  But thankfully it 
is not. :)  But it has been sitting on dead yeast cells for a while and 
has that bitterness from the yeast.  My question is:  Will this go away or 
mellow out if I age it for a long time?  Or is it doomed to be a vile 
bitter cider no matter when I drink it?   Should I bother to bottle or 
just dump it because it is unenjoyable now? 

Daric Morris 
dmorris@sct.edu 

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