Apple pie fail

[Canadashine]

Hi. I made do apple pie about 10 weeks ago up to 3 weeks ago it was still good. Opened one today and it's gone skunky. The ones in the fridge are still ok but not as good as once were. The ones that have gone bad had plump in them. (Didnt filtered of those ones enough I guess). I used 4 litlers of apple cider 4 liters of apple juice sugar to taste and enough of homemade neutral to bring alcohol volume to 30%. Put in 750ml jars with 4in long cinnamon stick in each. Not sure what went wrong. Could it be the pulp. Or should I just be drinking it faster...lol

[Bushman]

I wouldn’t call it a fail as the flavor lasts but I also refrigerate mine and if it’s left in the fridge for long period of time it develops a cap. Mine takes several months to develop but probably best to drink before that occurs. Apple pie doesn’t last long at our house

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

I make mine 5 gallons at a time and throw it in a keg. Force carb it, and then have it on draft damn near year round

Fill it by the glass or jar, as needed You think apple pie is good, wait till it's bubbly .


Not that you asked for it, but...

2 Gallons cider
2 Gallons juice
1 gallon 50%
Nutmeg
Vanilla essence and extract
Clove
Dash of ginger and all spice

I sanitize the keg, and bring the cider and juice to pasteurization temp (170, I think for 10 min) while infusing the spices. Chill and add with vodka into the keg.

After carbing, i'm pretty confident it could be pulled from the kegerator and be fine.

[bluefish_dist]

I found that leaving the cinnamon in too long destroys the flavor. On my recipe, I remove them after a week to 10 days. I also let it sit for 2-3 weeks between making and serving.

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

I found that leaving the cinnamon in too long destroys the flavor. On my recipe, I remove them after a week to 10 days. I also let it sit for 2-3 weeks between making and serving.

I experienced the same. I threw 1 cinnamon stick into the keg for the season. It became too much. That is actually why my new recipe has nutmeg instead. I use the fresh nut of the nutmeg, and a grater. It tastes so much more like apple pie now.

[Canadashine]

There is no real apple pie flavor left in it. Even with the cinnamon stick still in there. It almost tastes like it started fermenting again it's sour

[Canadashine]

Are you guy filtering the pulp out of the apple cider? The ones with pulp in them are the ones that went bad. The ones with no pulp in them have a lot more alcohol smell to them now than they did before

[OtisT]

You may just try giving it some time. I have made several apple based drinks that have had a “bad smell phase” that they go through but in time they begin smelling better and become quite good. I almost threw out my first few liquors made from Apples because of the smell but decided to just set them aside. Glad I did. Two months later their was no more bad smell and they tasted wonderful. Not sure what the reason is, or even if this is your issue, but this has been my experience.

Otis

[Canadashine]

Thxs I will let them sit a little longer and see what happens. Loved how it tasted after the first few week up to a few weeks ago when I had the last one. Then taste completely changed almost undrinkable now