This is my 3rd year making hard cider. One or two batches are slow bubbling or maybe stopped and stuck. I started October 25 2008. I never used Camden or sulfate tablets and had good luck until now.
Here is what I did:
40 gallons of custom pressed cider direct from apples in 5 gallon plastic carboy water jugs with airlocks
5 pounds of granulated sugar each carboy
Red Star Champaign yeast each
¼ teaspoon of powder tannin each
5 teaspoons of yeast nutrient each
beginning specific gravity after adding sugar was on average 1.090 each
All the carboys took off and bubbled profusely for several days. I moved them to my basement where it is about 60F, installed airlocks after the bubbling slowed, and racked first time November 5th. After that racking, I added about 6, 3 inch cinnamon sticks and about 6 whole cloves, replaced the air lock and let them do their thing.
Today (Nov 9) Im noticing that one, maybe two carboys are very slow to bubble. Im concerned I could be stuck. Any ideas?
Thanks
Tim
Here is what I did:
40 gallons of custom pressed cider direct from apples in 5 gallon plastic carboy water jugs with airlocks
5 pounds of granulated sugar each carboy
Red Star Champaign yeast each
¼ teaspoon of powder tannin each
5 teaspoons of yeast nutrient each
beginning specific gravity after adding sugar was on average 1.090 each
All the carboys took off and bubbled profusely for several days. I moved them to my basement where it is about 60F, installed airlocks after the bubbling slowed, and racked first time November 5th. After that racking, I added about 6, 3 inch cinnamon sticks and about 6 whole cloves, replaced the air lock and let them do their thing.
Today (Nov 9) Im noticing that one, maybe two carboys are very slow to bubble. Im concerned I could be stuck. Any ideas?
Thanks
Tim