So. Made some cider a ways back:
3 Gal local cider, unpasteurized
2 # Lt Brown Sugar
1 # DME (light)
Pitched Safale (2 packs) and set er to ferment for almost 5 weeks. Bottled with too much sugar (obviously) and some (apparently) hungry yeast. Dummy here neglected the hydrometer before bottling. Placed bottles in storage for another month-ish. Popped one just to see what I had ...
Based on losing 15/16th of the cider (kid u not - 3 in geyser out of the top of the bottle), cold crashed about 5 days ago.
I am assuming that the cold with stifle the yeast, but the existing carbonation will persist / remain unchanged. If that is the case, I have to dump it all - right?
Whimper ... cider is harder (hehehe) than brewing beer. Well, trickier anyhow.
Thoughts?
3 Gal local cider, unpasteurized
2 # Lt Brown Sugar
1 # DME (light)
Pitched Safale (2 packs) and set er to ferment for almost 5 weeks. Bottled with too much sugar (obviously) and some (apparently) hungry yeast. Dummy here neglected the hydrometer before bottling. Placed bottles in storage for another month-ish. Popped one just to see what I had ...
Based on losing 15/16th of the cider (kid u not - 3 in geyser out of the top of the bottle), cold crashed about 5 days ago.
I am assuming that the cold with stifle the yeast, but the existing carbonation will persist / remain unchanged. If that is the case, I have to dump it all - right?
Whimper ... cider is harder (hehehe) than brewing beer. Well, trickier anyhow.
Thoughts?