3 Gallons Fresh Cider from a Local Farm

[Tobor_8thMan]

As soon as primary ends, get it to a smaller container. Congratulations! You have cider!

That's the plan. Allowed plenty of room for the primary.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Beautiful!
X2 on the smaller container at secondary. Oh, and keep it out of direct sunlight if possible, or wrap it in some opaque cloth or mylar. I use the mylar bubble wrap bags that come with Amazon fresh order. Cut a slit in the bottom and slip it over your carboy. Fits like a glove on a 5 gal

Btw, Which yeast strain did you pitch? I only recall talk of using campden tabs so im assuming youre not using the wild yeast...

Nope, I never wrote anything about campden tablets. Repitching Brewer's Best cider kit yeast.

Fermenting in my brewery as this is where I do all my fermenting (have a British pub ale fermenting nearby). I will move the cider into a dark area near my bar when I brew an American Wheat ale on October 5th.

 

[blasterooni]

Nope, I never wrote anything about campden tablets. Repitching Brewer's Best cider kit yeast.

Fermenting in my brewery as this is where I do all my fermenting (have a British pub ale fermenting nearby). I will move the cider into a dark area near my bar when I brew an American ale on October 5th.

Oops my bad, someone else mentioned it

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Cider transferred to secondary. Unfortunately, I had to use a 5L flask for one of the gallons (too much for a 2L flask) until I source another 1 gallon glass jug. Cider yeast saved for the next hard cider.

 

[blasterooni]

Cider transferred to secondary. Unfortunately, I had to use a 5L flask for one of the gallons (too much for a 2L flask) until I source another 1 gallon glass jug. Cider yeast saved for the next hard cider.
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My mouth is watering!

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I'm glad I added a small amount of acid blend. I tasted a small amount of leftover cider after transferring. The sweetness is gone. IMO, for a hard cider, this is good.

 

[Blacksmith1]

had to use a 5L flask for one of the gallons (too much for a 2L flask) until I source another 1 gallon glass jug

Get a bunch of sizes to catch your over runs. I start my batches oversized so that at the end I have at least the batch size I wanted when I bottle. I have gallon, 3L, Half gallon, 1.75L, 1.5L, .750L, and two old style bottles that my sister had which I do not know the size of but are great for small amounts. This way I can top up with the same batch and add back any extras at bottling.