I've brewed a lot of beer but this is my first cider adventure. I'm not sure how I decided on it (most likely because I make everything unnecessarily complex), but I started with 5 pounds of store bought apple juice and 2 lbs brown sugar, and Safale s-04. My OG was around 1.065.
After about 48 hours of lag time I started getting airlock bubbles. I was expecting a big krausen with the ale yeast but there was none. My airlock went quickly and steadily for 3-4 days and since then slowed down and has been going once every 5 seconds for the last 8 days or so. It's been at 61 degrees the whole time. I took a gravity reading about 3 days ago out of sheer curiosity and it was 1.015. I haven't taken one since as there's apparently still activity.
You're probably all expecting some profound question, so I'm sorry to disappoint. I'm not worried about it, I've just never had a fermentation last so long. I thought I'd share my intrigue.
After about 48 hours of lag time I started getting airlock bubbles. I was expecting a big krausen with the ale yeast but there was none. My airlock went quickly and steadily for 3-4 days and since then slowed down and has been going once every 5 seconds for the last 8 days or so. It's been at 61 degrees the whole time. I took a gravity reading about 3 days ago out of sheer curiosity and it was 1.015. I haven't taken one since as there's apparently still activity.
You're probably all expecting some profound question, so I'm sorry to disappoint. I'm not worried about it, I've just never had a fermentation last so long. I thought I'd share my intrigue.