AJ GB 2016

[Leann ull]

Really? That explains loads

[Will_D]

My house smells like Clonmel.

Did you add any nutrients?

[Shanna]

My house smells like Clonmel.

Did you add any nutrients?

I added yeast nutrients in to both my fermenters at the start and the room where the fermenters are smells of a very acidic sulphur aroma. Thank god it finally started to ferment or otherwise my wife would have divorced me due to the strength of the smell :-(

Shanna

[Jonnycheech]

I added yeast nutrients in to both my fermenters at the start and the room where the fermenters are smells of a very acidic sulphur aroma.
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Is this not from the Campden tabs? That's the smell I get after I open the box of Campden tabs anyway

[molc]

No the apple juice, once it gets going, makes plenty of sulphur. My garage has an interesting mix of juicy apple and sulphur at the moment. It's not unpleasant, but not great either

[Qs]

I find it quite pleasant until I get too near to it.

[Dracusse]

ahahaha in states they call it rhino farts
found out i will get that without nutrients and with them. only thing with nutrients it is goes away more quickly .

[Qs]

I love the drum this came in.  Fits in the bottom of my fermentation fridge.

[Shanna]

I added yeast nutrients in to both my fermenters at the start and the room where the fermenters are smells of a very acidic sulphur aroma.

Is this not from the Campden tabs? That's the smell I get after I open the box of Campden tabs anyway
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Probably given that it contains a sulphur compound however if you read my comment it was in response to what Will_D said about adding nutrients? I thought he meant that adding nutrients would help counteract the smell.

Shanna

[delzep]

Was cycling past Booterstown today and realised that the smell of the sea/marsh was exactly like the smell from. The fermenting aj 

[Leann ull]

Nice message from my daughter tonight

[BrewDorg]

How inadvisable is it to age the cider in the bucket it came in? I have no glass fermenters and this bucket of farts is going in the shed this weekend

[Leann ull]

3-4 months max and then into glass to the top top some pros will put olive oil in the neck.
I use Cornys for long term storage.
You can get away with storage longer off the fermented crap but will oxidise.
Last year I left 1 full drum in shed which even in summer is cool, untouched no campden nothing, it will be used for marinating/cooking, its drinkable but not my best work

[molc]

How inadvisable is it to age the cider in the bucket it came in? I have no glass fermenters and this bucket of farts is going in the shed this weekend

Think it's ok for fermentation but plastic is oxygen permeable, so the cider will oxidise in the barrel it came in. Can you pop it into a keg for secondary?
I stick most of the barrel into a keg and then the remaining ~5L goes into a glass demi this year, along with some fruits, before being bottled.

[molc]

3-4 months max and then into glass to the top top some pros will put olive oil in the neck.
I use Cornys for long term storage.

How long do you usually leave it on the lees before transferring to the keg for storage? I've been transferring in January, but want to make sure I'm doing it right this year...

The garage is starting to smell good now. The sulphur has died down, strangely enough at the same time as I added the M02 yeast to the fermenting batches. Now it's getting nice and appely in there. Fairly constant 14C, so it's taking it's time.