Can Cider Go Off

[Catherine197]

I am drinking some cider we bought from a Cider Farm back in March. It has been kept in a contaner in a cupboard and yesterday it was put in the fridge.

I know we bought a sweet and a medium cider, I think this is the medium. Anyway i'm not sure if it has an after taste so I wondered if it may have gone off.

[bigburd]

Yes it becomes Cider Vinegar!

[Simpo Two]

Alcohol reacts with atmospheric oxygen to make ethanal (acetaldehyde in old money) and then ethanoic acid (acetic acid in old money) - in short, yes, vinegar. The complex organic molecules will also break down with time.

ETA From a 'cider farm' makes me think it's pretty live, 'organic' etc - if it's got yeast in it and no preservatives then shelf life will be pretty short I reckon.

Edited by Simpo Two on Tuesday 8th July 20:35

[Mark-C]

Catherine197 said:

I am drinking some cider we bought from a Cider Farm back in March. It has been kept in a contaner in a cupboard and yesterday it was put in the fridge.

I know we bought a sweet and a medium cider, I think this is the medium. Anyway i'm not sure if it has an after taste so I wondered if it may have gone off.

Can cider go off? No idea ... I never seem to be able to stop drinking the stuff 'til it's gone

[saxmund]

Farm cider is made in October and is usually not ready to drink until May, occasionally Easter if you get a warm spring. And will then have to keep for a whole year until the next year's cider is ready. So it keeps quite well, especially in a sealed container. If it is medium, you may find it has continued to ferment and is now dryer and stronger.

If it tastes OK, it is OK.

[coolcatmaz]

If it has turned to vinegar dont waste it but use it to cook with.

Cider Vinegar is also believed to be very good for arthritis

[Catherine197]

Definately not turned to vinegar. I think it is just my tastebuds.

[coolcatmaz]

I take it that you have partaken in a desired amount then to establish it isn't vinegar

[Catherine197]

Yes just a bit.

[bigburd]

Catherine, you are from the South West! Cider Central and you didn't know about cider vinegar?

Personally distill it and see what happens "Cider Brandy?"

[Scraggles]

Catherine197 said:

I am drinking some cider we bought from a Cider Farm back in March. It has been kept in a contaner in a cupboard and yesterday it was put in the fridge.

I know we bought a sweet and a medium cider, I think this is the medium. Anyway i'm not sure if it has an after taste so I wondered if it may have gone off.

buy some now and then, usually 2 weeks is good time to drink it, if tastes funny, then cooking, breadmaking etc...

[stackmonkey]

saxmund said:

you may find it has continued to ferment and is now dryer and stronger.

No, if it had continued fermenting the bottle would have blown by now; it would have been stabilised before bottling to prevent further fermentation.

[Catherine197]

The cider was put into a plastic bottle and the bottle did expand.

[Furyous]

Certainly not in this household !!!!!!

[bigburd]

The cornish "Rattler" stuff I had this weekend was pretty damn nice....and in date!

[bigburd]

swerni said:

bigburd said:

The cornish "Rattler" stuff I had this weekend was pretty damn nice....and in date!

I got a crate of that from "the Cornish cider farm " in Penhallow last year mmmm

also have here an unopened 5 litre bottle of scrumpy from the same place 7.4% proof.

It says on the label " contains sulphates consume with 5 days of opening"

Anybody fancy playing Russian Roulette at BTaP with Swerni's 5ltr bottle of scrumpy?

[BigAlinEmbra]

The more you drink the better it'll taste.

[coolcatmaz]

And the less you'll care how it tastes