Recent content by harvo

Thanks, WVMJ and Happydad40. WVMJ - maybe, but I am just following the information on the pack. I prefer to have recipes where everything is in grams (I have a 0.1g scale), so I can't tell you if they are small/big than the average tablet. I have two carboys fermenting and two that are not...

Hi, WVMJ. Nope, I'm not crazy. The original juice was 32L of dark pressed juice that had not cleared after 24 hours of sitting in my fridge. I pulled it out to room temp and added 1.5 Camden tablet per gallon (8 gallon x 1.5 = 12 tablets) and after 12 hours I then added pectic enzyme and an...

Thanks Chivalcider! I was thinking the same. When I dumped what was in that small glass it was impossible to see any solids, so my guess it is likely just part of having a natural juice. I hope it reduces! My plan is to cut the sediment into 2 x 10L batches I am making, effectively splitting...

Hello everyone! A buddy and me are in our second year of cider making and upped the ante with the use of an apple press. We initially yielded 30L of juice. We then added 12 Campden tablets and after 12 hours we added pectic enzyme (40g) and an antioxidant (7g). I thought at this point we...

Hi GF & Adiochiro3, Thanks for your very useful insights so far. Ericbw - thank you for your 'tsks'! I'm at the next stage - we're at about 1.030 on S.G. and awaiting until it hits 1.050 until we syphon off and do the first racking. Questions are: 1. When it comes to racking I am...

Thank you so much! Great response :) There is a lot of sediment - I'll post a photo tonight. Should I be filtering this off or is that something you do when it comes to bottling?

Greetings, I'm likely to encounter a few 'tsks' and 'sighs' for my terrible lack of preparation, but I would be a fan of this forum forever if I someone is sympathetic to my predicament... I picked a few hundred apples and juiced them with a juicer on Wed/ Thurs evening (17/18 Sep). I...