alcoholic or am I just a weirdo with old cider in my room? I'm afraid to open it.
2006-10-10 10:42:26 · 14 answers · asked by Mastadon Infantry 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
If it's still sealed, you have about a 50/50 chance of it still being good. If it's not bulging (assuming a plastic bottle) or that the pop-cap hasn't popped (assuming glass) then it's likely you have some 3 year old cider that may very well be OK.
Apple cider is pasteurized and/or has sodium benzoate added to kill all the bugs that would cause it to rot or ferment. Assuming this was done properly and that the seal hasn't been broken, there's no real reason it can't be ok still...now *30* years might be different.
If it had fermented (this would assume no sodium benzoate) then it would have likely exploded long ago...fermentation generates a LOT of CO2...ask any home brewer who's had their bottles explode, literally. If it's rotted, you'll see nasty stringy gooey stuff, possibly floaty stuff in there and some pressure built up, hence the bulging or pop top being popped. It can't have turned into vinegar without first fermenting into alcohol (and exploded) as vinegar is a by-product of the acetobacter bacteria interacting with alcohol in an aerobic environment (having oxygen)...without fermenting, there's no alcohol, and still sealed means there's no oxygen.
You're just a weirdo with 3 year old cider in your room. If it's still good, you *could* make hard cider out of it, though :)
2006-10-10 15:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all it is cider.
There are two kinds. Soft cider more commonly called apple juice. And hard cider, this has turned to alcohol.
There is also a third and most likely thing that could happen and that is the cider has turned sour and become apple vinegar.
You wont know until you open it up and smell it. Trust me you will know which it is very easily.
2006-10-10 10:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by my_iq_135 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apple cider will ferment and become Alcohol. It usually takes a few months. The problem is that your 3 year old cider has become vinegar. I would not recommend consuming it.
2006-10-10 13:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make cider or wine alcoholic, there needs to be yeast introduced to process the sugars into alcohol. Most likely, the few bacteria that were left after the cider was pasteurized have multiplied in the high sugar, room temperature environment and it is full of harmful bacteria and the toxins that they produce. I would throw it out!
2006-10-10 10:47:59 · answer #4 · answered by adambomb286 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit juices usually contain sulfites, which will kill aceto-bacteria. You wont get vineger. Odds are it was pasturized when bottled, so it is probably fine. I doubt that it has become alcoholic. Random juices don't ferment too well. Yeast are very picky about the acidity of liquids that they are trying to grow in. I'm willing to bet your apple cider bottle will in fact contain cider.
2006-10-10 10:51:23 · answer #5 · answered by nitrojunkie78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can fully understand being afraid after having ur daughter on your room on condition that beginning...do u have a house alarm? is she in a floor floor mattress room? if achieveable have her on a 2d floor mattress room, that way soemone will desire a ladder to ssteal her, and is very no longer likely. additionally, get an alarm, if achieveable placed a sensor on her window (if its opened while the alarm is desperate, it truly is going to pass off and wake u up.) your feear must additionally clearly shrink over the years. and confident, 3 is plenty to youthful for a working laptop or pc and tv contained in the room, i didnt have the two til i develop into 17, and identity say the avaerage age is decrease now, with 8 year olds getting there very own tvs and desktops (whichc remains too youthful for my section!) shes 3, no reason she cant have her (short) pc time on the family pc. good success!
2016-10-02 04:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a perfect recipe for just that thing.
One garbage can
One pair asbestos gloves
One three foot long set of blacksmith tongs
Put on the gloves, pick up the tongs, and use them to CAREFULLY place the bottle in the garbage can. Replace lid, wait until trash day, and hope for cool weather in between.
Incidentally, that is a recipe for making your garbage man cuss like a sailor.
2006-10-10 10:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apple Cider Vinegar Secrets - http://AppleCiderVinegar.siopu.com/?Juz
2016-06-21 06:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eeewww someone gave you the wrong information about keeping that bottle of apple cider.......
2006-10-10 10:50:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL your just a weirdo with old cider in your room.
(no offnese LOL)
2006-10-10 10:44:30 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋