Recent content by The_italian_cider_maker

Hi all cider makers! I've a big doubt. I've done the degorgement after secondary fermentation in bottle, and I left some residual sugar to balance the taste in a mid sweet cider. In your opinion, is it necessary to do pasteurisation or I've removed all the yeast with the degorgement...

I will add the same cider taken from another bottle. I will use some of the same batch bottles to do the dosage. So the content will be the same.

Hi all!!! I've a big doubt... I'm nearly ready to stop the fermentation in bottle, i left some residual sugar and reached a nice carbonation but I've also some lees in the bottle neck. I'm planning to do the degorgement (I've used the cap with bidule) but I don't know if it's better to do it...

Thanks @CKuhns for your preferences :) I'm planning to stop fermentation using pasteurisation at 1,005 hoping there will be enough co2 to have a light sparkling cider. Started to ferment in bottle at 1,010. Now I'm near 1,007 so I think next week I'll do the pasteurisation. Thank you!

Hi aaaaall! I'm wondering what is the preferred final gravity for your personal taste, so if someone would share his personal taste referred to the final gravity I will really appreciate! I'm planning to stop fermentation with pasteurisation at 1,005, aiming to get a semi sweet cider. What...

Thank you @Chalkyt, clear and helpful as usual! You're great!

Hi all! I've bottled last week my cider batch at about 1,010 sg. When the sg will be at 1.005 I would pasteurize them. The question is... How to do it? 😅 I would prepare a box where heat the water till 65°C and then I'd submerge the bottles (their temperature is around 10°C) into it and count...

Thank you @Chalkyt May I add malic acid at the end of fermentation, before bottling? Thank you again!

Thank you @Kees, well I'm not a cider expert but someone more expert than me tasted the cider and told me that it has not so much acidity and persistance in mouth. Could I add malic acid at the end of fermentation or should I add before or during fermentation? Thank you again.

Hi aaaall and happy new year! I brought some last year cider samples to the chemical laboratory for some analysis. The final results were: Total acidity 5,3 g/l pH 4,09 alchool 8,3 SO2 residual: 48 mg/l What do you think about those results? The TA is it good or too low? Thank you all for...

Thank you @Maylar, I used local apples that had two months to ripe. The sugar is quite high maybe because they had too many time to ripe.

Thank you @Chalkyt, your help is precious as usual! Have a nice end of the year and a wonderful 2022!

Hi all and have nice end of 2021, hoping the 2022 will be better (cross fingers 😊 ) I've done 200 liters of must and measured the following parameters: SG 1.075 Brix 18.4 total acidity 3,6 pH 4.1 I added today sulphite (less than half allowed dose) just to prevent basic spoilage. What do you...

Hi all! I was looking for the maximum legal (in EU) sulphites (added) quantity but I've found only info about wine. Does anyone know where I can find this info? Thank you all! Cheers

Thank you very much @Chalkyt! I saw on Amazon the inkbird controllor and the immersion heater. I was in doubt exactly for the water circulation but I was thinking to use one of the aquarium pumps commonly sold in the pet store (water circulation pump for salt water aquarium). I'll let you know...