bobwantsabeer
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Hello All,
New to the cider thing here, which is why most of us are here I would imagine. I've been a homebrewer for a while, but the wife wanted to try her hand at cider.
Long story short, here's where we are at and could use a little help. We purchased 5 gallons of cider from a local orchard. Non pasteurized, straight from the press. We heated it to 184 degrees to kill off most of anything that might be in it. Added 2lbs of corn sugar, pitched yeast and fermented in a bucket. It was a pretty vigorous fermentation for about two weeks, and we just transferred to a secondary to try to clear it up a little. (probably futile, but you guys would know more about that than us) While transferring today, we took a taste. It is pretty sour. She and I are both ok with that, as it fits our tastes, but we will be sharing with friends in about a month. We are wondering if during the bottling process there is anything we can do to sweeten it up a little. We assume adding sugar, but have no clue how much to add, or if this is a newbie no-no. We would appreciate any help.
Bob
New to the cider thing here, which is why most of us are here I would imagine. I've been a homebrewer for a while, but the wife wanted to try her hand at cider.
Long story short, here's where we are at and could use a little help. We purchased 5 gallons of cider from a local orchard. Non pasteurized, straight from the press. We heated it to 184 degrees to kill off most of anything that might be in it. Added 2lbs of corn sugar, pitched yeast and fermented in a bucket. It was a pretty vigorous fermentation for about two weeks, and we just transferred to a secondary to try to clear it up a little. (probably futile, but you guys would know more about that than us) While transferring today, we took a taste. It is pretty sour. She and I are both ok with that, as it fits our tastes, but we will be sharing with friends in about a month. We are wondering if during the bottling process there is anything we can do to sweeten it up a little. We assume adding sugar, but have no clue how much to add, or if this is a newbie no-no. We would appreciate any help.
Bob