Hi everyone,
First time poster, I've been making cider from carton apple juice for a year. To 'celebrate' I decided to have a play with blueberry cider.
Carton apple juice, no additives.
Frozen store bought blueberries, defrosted and added into primary.
Bulldog cider yeast.
Bit of extra sugar.
Mug of strong tea.
Pectinaise and yeast nutrient - first time with nutrient.
My goal was to get a starting point of a sweet blueberry cider without having to back sweeten.
It fermented fine, I pull the berries out and got to around 6.5%, perfect for me - maybe abit too sweet and had a hint of blueberry. It cleared beautifully and had a beautiful colour but I decided to leave it to see if the blueberry flavour would develop over abit of time.
Ive checked it a couple of days ago and the colour has drained away from a lovely vibrant purple to slightly darker than apple cider, it's cloudy again and whilst it tastes fine (not developed like I hoped it would but still ok) it has that 'end of fermentation' fizz again.
We've put the heating on but it doesn't coincide with the changes.
Has it just started up again? Is it turning to vinegar? Any ideas?
Cheers!
First time poster, I've been making cider from carton apple juice for a year. To 'celebrate' I decided to have a play with blueberry cider.
Carton apple juice, no additives.
Frozen store bought blueberries, defrosted and added into primary.
Bulldog cider yeast.
Bit of extra sugar.
Mug of strong tea.
Pectinaise and yeast nutrient - first time with nutrient.
My goal was to get a starting point of a sweet blueberry cider without having to back sweeten.
It fermented fine, I pull the berries out and got to around 6.5%, perfect for me - maybe abit too sweet and had a hint of blueberry. It cleared beautifully and had a beautiful colour but I decided to leave it to see if the blueberry flavour would develop over abit of time.
Ive checked it a couple of days ago and the colour has drained away from a lovely vibrant purple to slightly darker than apple cider, it's cloudy again and whilst it tastes fine (not developed like I hoped it would but still ok) it has that 'end of fermentation' fizz again.
We've put the heating on but it doesn't coincide with the changes.
Has it just started up again? Is it turning to vinegar? Any ideas?
Cheers!