My first brew

[Atomsk]

Hey all

I lurked around here for a bit before starting my first attempt at a hard cider. I am just about at the bottling stage.

My Recipe:

4.5 Gallons of Carlson Orchards Apple Cider (Here)
1.5 lbs Dark Brown Sugar
1 Packet Safale S-04 Yeast

Now this cider was pretty sweet to begin with. My initial gravity reading on it came to 1.050 (before I added any sugar). My cider has been in the primary fermenter for just shy of 3 weeks, and my airlock went silent a few days ago. I read a lot of people talking about moving to a secondary fermenter to clarify the cider, but this cider was very cloudy before I ever touched it. Should it be fine to go straight to the bottling phase?

 

[flyingdogwine]

if your worried about it not being clear chunk it in the fridge until it is! No need for a secondary.

 

[Atomsk]

I could really care less if its clear to be honest. I was just worried that there were other benefits to the secondary ferment that I didn't know about

 

[flyingdogwine]

I could really care less if its clear to be honest. I was just worried that there were other benefits to the secondary ferment that I didn't know about

Eh, some will argue yes.

I say no, not really.