When I popped the top the jug let out a little hiss and had a faintly alcoholic odor. A quick search led me to conclude that the cider was entirely safe to drink, it merely had began to carbonate and start the fermentation process. We were on our way to (accidentally) making hard cider.
Unfortunately that won't be happening now as I transferred the cider to a pair of smaller containers and they will be drank relatively soon, but the carbonation and fermentation process for something like apple cider is incredibly simple and I look forward to reproducing these results again in the future, but on purpose this time!!
Have you accidentally carbonated or fermented a beverage?? If so, how did it taste?
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I accidently fermented grape juice last year, then purposely made red wine vinegar out of it. It turned out to be a good mistake!
http://backyardfarmsto.blogspot.com/2011/01/probiotics-part-3-making-vinegar.html
This year I made cider and deliberately let it ferment so I could make cider vinegar and it is fantastic! If you are interested you could let one of your small containers finish fermenting and try to make it.
Thanks for the tip!! We ended up drinking what we had but I am going to replicate this on purpose in the near future!!
How did it taste?
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