OH man was it dry! There wasn’t a drop of honey left in that bottle. So I had to open the other 10 bottles some of which were like champange on the inside and add a 1\/2 teaspoon of honey to them.\u00a0 Man am I glad I bought those dark blue bottles!\u00a0 The pet bottle held up well too, and can be used as an alternate if good bottles aren’t available.<\/p>\n
If you’re doing the math you realize there’s one bottle not accounted for.\u00a0 Well after openning about 6 bottles and having them make a loud pop and spew white foam down the side, I open a bottle and nothing happens.\u00a0 UH OH, ones gone flat or bacteria have gotten at it. Nope, neither of those… a clear unfizzy liquid was in the bottle. I poured some out into a small glass and looked at it.\u00a0 IT was the sterilizing solution I use to clean the bottles. I must have missed filling it with cider! Glad I didn’t send that somewhere to be judged!<\/p>\n
The Mrs. and I went to Christmas tree shop and I saw a tall thick walled bottle stamped ‘best milk’ or something like that and I thought I’d give it a try. I shouldn’t have the same problem with still cider as before so I am kicking myself for donating away most of those bottles I had from before.\u00a0 I’ll stop by the basement sometime this week and take pictures.<\/p>\n
If I had to drink either of the batches today, Batch A would be the best of the lot, though a couple more weeks will bring round the rest.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m worried that Batch A in the fridge won’t have matured any further though it had a light bubbly nature to it when I tapped out a bit, which is about where it should be for a Still cider. I think I’ll try a sample bottle around June 7th and decide if its ready to be consumed or if I should let it mature for another month.\u00a0 Fourth of July is a good weekend to drink cider!<\/p>\n
Final note: Since I have two batches underway totaling 22 bottles and roughly 1 1\/2 gallons in the fridge I won’t be able to start another batch till I’ve ahem! Emptied about half of them.\u00a0 Oh the trials we go thru for our art!<\/p>\n
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