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7 weeks in the bottle now. After accidently freezing it while cold crashing its takn this long for carbonation. I love the tase. Not to sweet and very very drinkable. Im gona make it again except turn it into a scrumpy cider

So bottling day and this was the last to come out of the bottling bucket

Ok cool. I was just worried i mite have completey killed the yeast so wont get carbonation in the bottles

So while cold crashing my cider this week i accidently semi froze it (still alot of liquid but some big chunks of ice) . I have since brought the temp up to thaw it out but have kept it around 2-3 degs. I want to bottle tomorrow. Will this be ok or have i ruined it.?

How much would u add to a 22 litre batch?

Ummmm so im day 2 into cold crashing and iv just been to check (beer fridge in garage) and my cider has ice in it!!! Not completey frozen but pretty close. So have turned the fridge temp up so its roughy between 1 -3 degs. Have i screwed it all together? I have done some quick reading with other...

Ok so last nite i took the pears out of the fermenter and had a little taste. Not bad at all i have to say. Only a very slight pear taste. And added 35grams of nelson sauvin hops. (I love the grape smell and taste of them.. had a another little taste this morning and wow. it hasnt done much to...

Cool thanks thats about 1 deg i think. Man so many things to try and do. I LOVE HOME BREW

Also what do u mean by multiple day cold crashes?

Yeah i think i will try finnings on the next batch

Have just put my brew into secondary fermentation and had a quick taste. Addling the lactose has made a big difference. Its alot sweeter. But not as sweet as when i first added it. I suspect this will die down even more over the next few weeks

Ok cool thanks. The first time round my cider was pretty clear apart from when id get to the last bit of the bottle.

How much of a difference will the pectin enzyme make? Also iv had a quick look online and the shops here call it by a different name but it says it does the same thing. Would finnings make a difference to the clearing?

Also i plan on freezing the pears first to get the most flavour.

Yeah i plan on putting it in secondary for more flavour. The lactose is very very sweet but have herd it only makes a small difference to the final taste. My plans is to add 6 or 7 peeled cut up pears and hope it turns out as a apple and pear sweet cider. If it works il try again with different...