apatheticsheep
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I am new to home brewing I have done only 2 batches of mead, 1 milk stout from a kit and i decided to try my hand at cider - I am not too sure what I was expecting the results of my cider to be but here is what I did.
Purchased 1 gallon each of 3 different types of Apple juice and 1 gallon of filtered apple cider - all varieties had no preservatives.
pasturized at ~170f for an hour and added 1 lb of brown sugar.
cooled to about 90f and pitched Lavlin K1-V1116 champagne yeast.
OG was 1.050
after 11 days (4 days after primary slowed to imperceptible levels) I racked and added pectic enzyme (because I forgot to add it in primary and read somewhere that this would be okay)
Today is my 3 week mark and i am not sure what to do.
I was considering adding like a 1/2 cup of frozen concentrated juice (thawed of course) to re-start fermentation but I don't know what effect this would have.
My original intention was to add priming sugar in a few days and bottle condition for a few weeks but I don't even know if this would work.
I am completely lost and don't know how i should proceed.
I plan to at least check the SG when i get home tonight.
any suggestions?
am i just being a buffoon in how i am going about this?
Purchased 1 gallon each of 3 different types of Apple juice and 1 gallon of filtered apple cider - all varieties had no preservatives.
pasturized at ~170f for an hour and added 1 lb of brown sugar.
cooled to about 90f and pitched Lavlin K1-V1116 champagne yeast.
OG was 1.050
after 11 days (4 days after primary slowed to imperceptible levels) I racked and added pectic enzyme (because I forgot to add it in primary and read somewhere that this would be okay)
Today is my 3 week mark and i am not sure what to do.
I was considering adding like a 1/2 cup of frozen concentrated juice (thawed of course) to re-start fermentation but I don't know what effect this would have.
My original intention was to add priming sugar in a few days and bottle condition for a few weeks but I don't even know if this would work.
I am completely lost and don't know how i should proceed.
I plan to at least check the SG when i get home tonight.
any suggestions?
am i just being a buffoon in how i am going about this?