Does your cider juice stink? If so what yeast, and did you use nutrient?

[Eoin]

I think that starts to happen when the yeast runs low on something, possibly nitrogen.

I'm happy enough at this stage that it's slowing, I don't want ammonia from the brew, it's pitched at 5tsp so I'll leave it as is.

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[Greg2013]

One of mine is bubbling like crazy and smells of rotten eggs, I used  Sn 9 in this.The other one is not showing any activity after a couple of days, I used ec 1118 in this. Thinking of re pitching a different yeast like maybe youngs dsuper wine yeast just to get it  going ?

[mr hoppy]

I pitched some Notty slurry into the 15l in the original container - think I got it completely wrong - currently sitting in freezing garage. I checked last night and its not definitely not fermenting. Will aerate, repitch with fresh Notty and yeast nutrient and bring inside tomorrow. Bit of a bollix but I've been out of town / crazy busy since it arrive so here's hoping.

The two I didn't pitch any yeast into are bubbling away (I used some campdens and nutrient - belatedly - for both) - one stinky, one ok  .

Did I hear there's no cure for stinky cider?

[mr hoppy]

By the way, anyone ever repitched natural yeast from a cider into a beer?

[Eoin]

By the way, anyone ever repitched natural yeast from a cider into a beer?

It'd make a quare lambic.

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[Greg2013]

One of mine is bubbling like crazy and smells of rotten eggs, I used  Sn 9 in this.The other one is not showing any activity after a couple of days, I used ec 1118 in this. Thinking of re pitching a different yeast like maybe youngs dsuper wine yeast just to get it  going ?

Sorry i just checked back and this is wrong. I used EC-1118 in the 25 litre batch that is fizzing away and farting rotten eggs, i used the Vintners Harvest SN-9 in the 20 litre batch that does not seem to be doing anything, no airlock activity and looks dead when i popped the lid.

Should i pitch another packet of the SN-9 into this one ?

[Greg2013]

I would be thinking if you're going to re pitch, that maybe you should dose it with camden first. Not sure though.

Not sure why i would need to do that but mystery has been solved, Checked the gravity and its down to 1020 from 1046 and some slow fizzing going on, must have had a leak somewhere i reckon.

[Eoin]

Gravities on both mine are around 1.005 or so. Taste is still tart, showing promise as it's not knock you down sour like a Lidl cider would be at this stage.

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[Eoin]

Gravities on both mine are around 1.005 or so. Taste is still tart, showing promise as it's not knock you down sour like a Lidl cider would be at this stage.

How does it smell?

Like fermenting stuff, a bit farty but more after dinner than after a feed of pints type farts. ;-)

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[Dunkel]

How does it smell?
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Like fermenting stuff, a bit farty but more after dinner than after a feed of pints type farts. ;-)
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'Tis sheer poetry!

[Eoin]

How does it smell?

Like fermenting stuff, a bit farty but more after dinner than after a feed of pints type farts. ;-)
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Brought a tear to my eye, or was that the farts??

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[mr hoppy]

By the way, anyone ever repitched natural yeast from a cider into a beer?

It'd make a quare lambic.

You never know. Supposedly Marstons ale yeast originally came from an apple skin.