phendog
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Any thoughts or recommendations?
Brought back 5 gallons of pure fresh pressed cider to Suffolk VA from a local orchard in Titusville, PA the weekend after Thanksgiving.
I got the cider the night before I departed for home and hit it with Campden.. Next day I ran to the local HBS and picked up some White Labs English Cider yeast and pitched.
OG 3 Dec: 1.055 - bumped it just a bit with table sugar
Today I racked the 1.007 cider on top of 3 pounds of fresh cherries that I pitted and hit with Campden for 24hrs. Cider was fairly clear and think most of the yeast flocked out, but I'm sure I picked up some in the transfer.
Gonna let it go a week and make sure the fermentation doesn't take off to strongly. If it does, I'll kill the yeast off and let it age on the cherries for a couple months. Don't really care if it gets to dry as I am going to back sweeten anyhow, but sure would be nice to pick up the taste of the cherries.
My plan is to split the batch, kill half with Campden and bottle and prime the other half and bottle. I'll fill a plastic bottle up to check firmness and make sure CO2 production isn't getting out of hand.
Plan is to drink the first on T-Giving 2017.
Brought back 5 gallons of pure fresh pressed cider to Suffolk VA from a local orchard in Titusville, PA the weekend after Thanksgiving.
I got the cider the night before I departed for home and hit it with Campden.. Next day I ran to the local HBS and picked up some White Labs English Cider yeast and pitched.
OG 3 Dec: 1.055 - bumped it just a bit with table sugar
Today I racked the 1.007 cider on top of 3 pounds of fresh cherries that I pitted and hit with Campden for 24hrs. Cider was fairly clear and think most of the yeast flocked out, but I'm sure I picked up some in the transfer.
Gonna let it go a week and make sure the fermentation doesn't take off to strongly. If it does, I'll kill the yeast off and let it age on the cherries for a couple months. Don't really care if it gets to dry as I am going to back sweeten anyhow, but sure would be nice to pick up the taste of the cherries.
My plan is to split the batch, kill half with Campden and bottle and prime the other half and bottle. I'll fill a plastic bottle up to check firmness and make sure CO2 production isn't getting out of hand.
Plan is to drink the first on T-Giving 2017.