Aging cider?

[Cooknhogz]

Quick question, when your cider is done with primary and secondary fermentation (in my case, about a month) and ready to be aged for a couple months or more, do you add any potassium metabisulphite as a preservative? Being a wine maker I did 1/4 tsp for each 6 gallon batch.

 

[RPh_Guy]

If you aren't going to naturally carbonate it, yes, sulfite is generally a good idea.

 

[Cooknhogz]

I’ll be kegging all my ciders. I also add sorbate at kegging because I backsweeten with fjc.

 

[RPh_Guy]

In that case I strongly recommend adding sulfite, especially basing it on pH.

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