wfowlks
Well-Known Member
So I had made some hard cider last fall about 10 batches, experimenting with the different amounts of honey, brown sugar and cinnamon. I cold crashed it to stop the fermentation early so that it would still retain the cider flavor and not be dry.
However, I gave some to a friend just last week, and I ran out of the one I had tried, so I gave him one of this next batch, and looking at my notes I put a lot of honey in it, like 1.5 Lbs, and cold crashed after 10 days, at 1.018, (started at 1.072).
My friend took it home and tried it and was like it was good but it was chunky. I was like what? So I got home and looked at another bottle, held it up to the light and I could see some stuff on the bottom floating around, the bottom half was hazy. I put it in the fridge to see if I could get it to go down, no success. I just opened it, normal carbonation, but the chunks did come out, and I could see that it was the honey that separated, just like when you leave it in the cabinet for to long.
Don't use honey, cold crash and leave for 6 months. Or else you will get chunks... granted they taste good, but chunks!
However, I gave some to a friend just last week, and I ran out of the one I had tried, so I gave him one of this next batch, and looking at my notes I put a lot of honey in it, like 1.5 Lbs, and cold crashed after 10 days, at 1.018, (started at 1.072).
My friend took it home and tried it and was like it was good but it was chunky. I was like what? So I got home and looked at another bottle, held it up to the light and I could see some stuff on the bottom floating around, the bottom half was hazy. I put it in the fridge to see if I could get it to go down, no success. I just opened it, normal carbonation, but the chunks did come out, and I could see that it was the honey that separated, just like when you leave it in the cabinet for to long.
Don't use honey, cold crash and leave for 6 months. Or else you will get chunks... granted they taste good, but chunks!