I opened first two bottles of my #cider the test batches with hops and spices.

The one with hops needs another month in bottles - it smells amazing but it still has too much bitterness. I don’t know why it is noticeably darker and why it makes foam like beer.

The one with spices tastes too much like Christmas (I just don’t know how to describe it better). So it is good but not exactly the season for it. I can imagine it will be good with some Christmas cookies or something like that.

I like more the Christmas one (because it is ready to drink now), my boss on the other hand likes more the hopped one. (Yes I drink at work)

I am excited for the batch with oak chips and the basic cider, which I will probably taste next week.

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  • @[email protected]MEnglish
    4•2 months ago

    My reply to you doesn’t appear for me on Lemmy (this is posted from my mastodon account).

    So here it is for the others:

    yes, if you want to know more: https://mstdn.dk/@EvilCartyen/113198511530283716

    It is much better resource than what I wrote on Lemmy year ago. He also writes about what you can add. In my case I make cider from whatever apples I can get my hands on.

    • @[email protected]MEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      that link returns a 404 error for me

      taking this opportunity to not double post and comment on your post as well

      don’t remember where I heard this from, was a long time ago (perhaps during some sort of botany class or another) but hop compounds should exhibit some surface tension action (like what soap does to water), so that might be the explanation for the foam

      christmas-y cider sounds awesome.

      edit - ninja’d on 404 comment - ignore that part

      • @[email protected]MEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        When I cross post (mastodon/lemmy) I try to reply to lemmy comments with lemmy account and vice-versa. This time I didn’t checked it so some comments don’t show where they should.

        Yes I think that the hops made it to foam and it may cause some oxidation. (As someone else suggested).