I have been making some cider home brewed from pressed apples....
It had been fermenting for about 7 days but I then had to go on holiday leaving my brother to keep watch...
I researched the internet and told him that if the cider stops fermenting (viewed by less than 1 buble per minuete passing through the airlock) he should syphon the brew into a new clean demijohn away from the sediment in the last jar....
He did this but for the 1 day until I came back he hadnt filled the airlock with water and so it had been exposed to the air and looked flat....I immediatly filled it...but now I am confusted as to what to do??? Should I be putting it in bottles right away....It is barely fermenting now (minimal bubbles rising etc) but has been sitting like this for a few days now.....
Please help..it looks ok ( a bit cloudy and a bit flat looking) but should it be fizzing or something....excuse my ignorance.
Stoney
It had been fermenting for about 7 days but I then had to go on holiday leaving my brother to keep watch...
I researched the internet and told him that if the cider stops fermenting (viewed by less than 1 buble per minuete passing through the airlock) he should syphon the brew into a new clean demijohn away from the sediment in the last jar....
He did this but for the 1 day until I came back he hadnt filled the airlock with water and so it had been exposed to the air and looked flat....I immediatly filled it...but now I am confusted as to what to do??? Should I be putting it in bottles right away....It is barely fermenting now (minimal bubbles rising etc) but has been sitting like this for a few days now.....
Please help..it looks ok ( a bit cloudy and a bit flat looking) but should it be fizzing or something....excuse my ignorance.
Stoney