I have now tried it again, it is definitely better than before the degassing. I am not sure what to say because I have no hard cider or apfelwein drinking experience. It is really clear though, I can easily read a newspaper looking through it. I am chilling some in the fridge now to see how it...
1.038 tonight if I am calculating correctly I believe that is right around 15% ABV there is still some activity think I will wait another 24hrs and see what the gravity is. I am not stirring at this point hoping to settle some lees