16onRockandRoll

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How long does it usually take? I started a gallon over a week ago with no additional sugar using EC 1118 and it is still bubbling regularly. And how much sugar/dextrose do you add to a gallon for bottle conditioning? This is my first attempt at cider, I have one beer under my belt.

vinper

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Mine has pretty much stop fermenting , can I rack put in fridge to crash , rack one more time and drink , then keep the one gallon container in the fridge .probably drink it in a few days

vinper

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was at 1.000... racked , put in fridge ,started crashing ... now what. want it to clear looks like lot of sediment on bottom just since last night

CCBrewer

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wait the time to crash it, I didn't and got sediment in bottles.... no off flavor but it looks kinda blah

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DWavs

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As predicted, the cider did indeed turn out dry.

Give it some crashing time in order to clear up.

vinper

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how do you tell , by the reading ? if it stopped like 1.010 means there is still sugar left?

DWavs

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Most ciders will turn out dry....which is anywhere from 0.996ish to 1.000.

1.010 would have an ever so slight sweetness to it. I just started a new batch and am gonna attempt to stop it at 1.012ish in order to have a little sweetness and then pasteurize. That way, you don't have to deal with back sweetening with an artificial sweetener if you are bottling.

vinper

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another question , now that Ive racked, I put the cap on and put in fridge... There is quite a bit of air space in bottle is that ok ? did not want to add more juice