klowneyy
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Hello I am very new to making ciders. I was hoping what does first and secondary fermentation work and what to do during secondary
Totes said:Theres primary 'vessels', secondary vessels, tertiary, ect.
M.L.F is referred to as the secondary 'fermentation' in regards to cider.
WVMJ said:Everybody is right The primary fermentation is with yeast, the secondary fermentation is with MLF. The primary fermentor is whatever bucket or carboy you use to combine your must and yeast in, the secondary fermentor is what you Transfer your fermented must into. If you then innoculate or have naturally occuring MLF bacteria you then get a secondary fermentation in your secondary, or even in your primary if you wait to transfer later. You then rack your wine off the yeast into another secondary vessel. Maybe cider people use tertiary but its not used commonly. What is used commonly is saying the cider is innoculated with yeast and racked into a carboy for secondary fermentation even though its really just a continuation of the primary fermentation in a secondary carboy. It can be confusing, you can be as compulsive as you want naming things or wing it, everyone knows what you mean either way so dont get to hung up on particular definitions or you will have a hard time figuring out if people are actually doing secondary fermentations with MLF or they just let the primary fermentation finish in a carboy WVMJ
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