dt2000andrews
New Member
First things first:
LONG time reader, first time poster and thanks to the information on these boards, I have my first gallon of cider in bottles (and it's mighty tasty), so thank you all.
I started 5 individual gallons on 9-17-10, all used the same pasteurized cider from a local orchard. Each one has it's own yeast strain and each with it's own initial ingredients...from un-messed-with to a few with added brown sugar and cinnamon etc. I can post detailed specs on each, but wasn't sure if I should do that in this thread or start a separate one. I digress...
Question 1:
On one of the gallons, I added some very nice tart cherry juice to top off the carboy after it had been racked to a secondary and tested a few times, just to fill some of the head space. The OG was 1.070, when I added the cherry juice SG was 1.026, and it currently sits at 1.004. I failed to take SG when I added the cherry and now don't know how that affected all of my gravity readings and final ABV. Hoping someone could help me with this. I still have plenty of said cherry juice by itself that I can get SG on if need be.
(Side note, this stuff tastes amazing after gravity/sampling today)
Question 2:
One of the gallons used Wyeast 3787 Trappist, and had an OG of 1.081. It currently sits at 1.034. After the initial krausen died off, it started to form a new "head" and then it will dissipate. This is on an 80 minute cycle. I can set an alarm to it, and it is always within 90 seconds of that 80 minute cycle. This has gone on now for ~4days, and although I am in no way worried, I am extremely curious as to what is causing this.
Any and all help is appreciated.
LONG time reader, first time poster and thanks to the information on these boards, I have my first gallon of cider in bottles (and it's mighty tasty), so thank you all.
I started 5 individual gallons on 9-17-10, all used the same pasteurized cider from a local orchard. Each one has it's own yeast strain and each with it's own initial ingredients...from un-messed-with to a few with added brown sugar and cinnamon etc. I can post detailed specs on each, but wasn't sure if I should do that in this thread or start a separate one. I digress...
Question 1:
On one of the gallons, I added some very nice tart cherry juice to top off the carboy after it had been racked to a secondary and tested a few times, just to fill some of the head space. The OG was 1.070, when I added the cherry juice SG was 1.026, and it currently sits at 1.004. I failed to take SG when I added the cherry and now don't know how that affected all of my gravity readings and final ABV. Hoping someone could help me with this. I still have plenty of said cherry juice by itself that I can get SG on if need be.
(Side note, this stuff tastes amazing after gravity/sampling today)
Question 2:
One of the gallons used Wyeast 3787 Trappist, and had an OG of 1.081. It currently sits at 1.034. After the initial krausen died off, it started to form a new "head" and then it will dissipate. This is on an 80 minute cycle. I can set an alarm to it, and it is always within 90 seconds of that 80 minute cycle. This has gone on now for ~4days, and although I am in no way worried, I am extremely curious as to what is causing this.
Any and all help is appreciated.
