I sampled the cyser tonight and I'm hoping it's just young. It's only a month old or so but I wanted to get an idea of where I was at. I made the New Years Cyser recipe and samples during fermentation were great. OG 1.130 FG 1.020. It may have dropped a little but I doubt much. It's been racked to secondary and has been sitting at 68 the past couple weeks.
Anyways, I took a sample and put it into a wine glass. Placed it in the freezer for a few mins and brough it out to warm up again. Took a whif and smells of apples, honey, and fruit are all there. There is a slight spiciness to it (I used D47 for the yeast) in the aroma I guess. I had my wife take a sip and she pretty much summed the experience up with "its atrocious". She says the initial flavor is ok but the after taste is medicinal. I'm not sure if I have mead blinders on but I don't taste it as heavy as she does. I guess there is a slight medicinal flavor... it's not as apple, honey, fruity as I was expecting. I figured this was because the cyser was young and needs more time.
So, is there a flavor flaw chart of some sort I can reference to see if maybe I made a mistake somewhere? I don't think it's contamination as it looks fine (still has lots of haze), smells fine (maybe Im confusing spicy with medicine?), and tastes not too bad to me but something I'd defintely want to age longer before sharing.
Anyways, I took a sample and put it into a wine glass. Placed it in the freezer for a few mins and brough it out to warm up again. Took a whif and smells of apples, honey, and fruit are all there. There is a slight spiciness to it (I used D47 for the yeast) in the aroma I guess. I had my wife take a sip and she pretty much summed the experience up with "its atrocious". She says the initial flavor is ok but the after taste is medicinal. I'm not sure if I have mead blinders on but I don't taste it as heavy as she does. I guess there is a slight medicinal flavor... it's not as apple, honey, fruity as I was expecting. I figured this was because the cyser was young and needs more time.
So, is there a flavor flaw chart of some sort I can reference to see if maybe I made a mistake somewhere? I don't think it's contamination as it looks fine (still has lots of haze), smells fine (maybe Im confusing spicy with medicine?), and tastes not too bad to me but something I'd defintely want to age longer before sharing.