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I just finished transferring my cider to the secondary. I sampled it and it tastes pretty good already. The fermentation is very close to complete. The current SG is just below 1.000. It started bubbling a little after I put it into the secondary. I plan to leave it there for at least a...

Thanks for the info. I will keep you posted. BL

Caplan: Thanks for the advice. I plan on moving to the secondary in the next few days. I will confirm that the fermentation is complete with my hydrometer. I have two options on where to age my cider in the secondary: In my home (66-72 F) or in my garage (wintertime in my part of...

Good point Toot. I have fixed my original post. It should have been 1 per second. thanks for pointing that out. I am sure it made my post sort of confusing. BL

I didn't follow the apfel-wine recipe. I may do that in the future, but wanted to brew a baseline batch with only cider. I suspect that the sugars in apple cider are mostly simple sugars and the yeasts have made quick work of them. If I had added extra sugar, it guess it would still be...

I would be interested to hear what others have experienced as well. Again, it was at 1 bubble per second after 24 hours and was producing a lot of gas (possibly more than 1 bubble per second of very large bubbles) for the next 72 hours. It has now slowed to 1 bubble each 30 minutes or so...

Sorry...I forgot to add those important details. I used Lavlin EC-1118 (saccharomyces bayanus) and it is fermenting in my kitchen (68-72 F). Hopefully someone will come along and answer the question about pectic enzyme. I have plenty of time. I plan on letting it sit in the primary for a...

Thanks for the information and I will check out pg 37 of the referenced thread. You may not have understood that my fermentation has all but stopped. I am not getting more than a bubble per 30 minutes now. Also, the juice that I started with was not clear. It was "apple cider" that I...

First, let me say that this board is an excellent source of information. I am an extreme newbie at home brewing, in fact, I started my first batch of anything fermented (apple cider) 5 days ago. I put 4.5 gallons of Central Market organic apple cider (initial SG 1.050) into the primary 5...