So I decided to add hard cider to my brew list and my fiance wanted to join in as well. We both started a cider at the same time using different yeast and sugar. My brewstore I normally buy my yeast from sadly was out of their cider yeast so I opted for the Red Star Champagne Yeast and used light brown sugar for my cider(the juice for both was store bought) Hers was more simply what do we have in the kitchen, which was white sugar and Flieschman's dry active yeast.. We let these both sit undisturbed for two weeks. Her starting OG was 1.070 and mine 1.080. Yesterday was the 2 week mark and when we took a reading her cider came back with roughly .990-.995 and mine sat right at 1.000.
Having not made cider and seeing those readings does this mean we could/should start bottling it, or move to secondary, wait xdays and bottle? Haven't had a hydro reading move that quickly so wasn't sure. Her cider has begun to clear, not enough you can read a paper through it but enough you can see through while mine remains fairly dark and cloudy with very light bubbles atop the 1gal carboy where hers is very still.
As always any and all help/advice is welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.
Having not made cider and seeing those readings does this mean we could/should start bottling it, or move to secondary, wait xdays and bottle? Haven't had a hydro reading move that quickly so wasn't sure. Her cider has begun to clear, not enough you can read a paper through it but enough you can see through while mine remains fairly dark and cloudy with very light bubbles atop the 1gal carboy where hers is very still.
As always any and all help/advice is welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.