I'm on my 2nd ever 5gallon batch of cider. With the first one I added pectin enzyme to the secondary and it came out crystal clear. This time I added it (along with potassium sulfate) about 7 days prior to back sweetening and kegging. It's real cloudy compared to batch #1.
I've done some...
I, and everyone that tried it loved it.... Makes you feel like you accomplished something! I feel like it was probably only around 6%, maybe less even... Which isn't the end of the world.
Cider turned out good with no bottle bombs! Only have a handful of 12pz bottles left!
On a separate note, I have transferred my last 10 gallons into carboys. I didn't have my airlocks and stoppers at my temporary house (extensive remodel of primary house), so I covered them with aluminum foil...
Well dishwasher cycle is through and it looks like I may have a clearer cider w some sediment in the bottom, could this be dead yeast? I never tested the dishwasher but I had it on high temp cycle.
My2nd hydro reading was 1.028 after iAds additional sugar. It was at like 1.04? When I bottles it but it was sparkling, which makes me wonder why if my airlock was not plugged?
On another note, my plastic pickle jar has not become hard from carbonation at all...
Well luckily for me one gallon is in a plastic pickle jar, so monitoring it with that might be my ticket to avoiding the bombs. Being I added the sugar and potassium sorbate together is there a chance it won't ferment again as fast, or even at all again? I just bottled at about 6pm so nothing...
Ok flash forward a few weeks and I have another few questions...
I transferred my cider from the carboy to bottles this evening, and the smell was gone, woohoo!! I noticed when I moved the carboy there was small bubbles (which turned out to be co2). My airlock was not plugged so how could that...