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Just wanted to give everyone an update. The cider finished primary in about 3 weeks and I let it sit another 2 before racking. After racking, I noticed a leak in my fermenter... which soon turned into a gusher when the spigot broke off whilst trying to tighten it to fix the leak. I ended up...

You might be able to get some more solids to drop in secondary using pectic enzyme, but it's typically used during primary fermentation. I wouldn't add it if you're going straight to bottling as there wouldn't be much point.

Thanks for the responses, all! It finally started today... my wife gave the fermenter a shake around noon and saw some bubbles. I gave it a shake when I got home and was rewarded by some foaming up through the airlock. Smells awesome! Kroach, when you used this yeast was it in cider? If so...

Hi all, First post on the forums here. Just bottled my first batch of cider recently, a pretty simple dry cider dosed up with dextrose and fermented with Red Star Cote des Blancs. I was really happy with the results so I figured I would try a drier interpretation of Crispin's "The Saint" with...