Stephen wrote:

> I have made a hard cider and it has seemed to stop working. It is not clear
> at all and is very bitter. I would like a sweet apple taste when finished.
> As I said before its done fermitting but it is now getting what looks like a
> thin foam ring around top but not bubbling.

Time to get some sulfite in there, either in campden tabelt or Pot-meta
form. That's most likely some sort of film yeast forming. You'll want to
float it off or somehow remove it before adding the sulfite. The
bitterness will fade with time, at least it has in my experience. Cider
is best aged over the winter at _least_

> I needed to bottle it early because apple turns to cider quickly.

That's the point of fermenting apples! To get cider :^) If you keep your
containers topped up they won't turn into cider vinegar.

--
charles

"Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
- W.C. Fields