Can fermentation continue at this point?

[hotspurdotus]

Hey folks, tried my first batch of cider using the following instructions from this thread

if you like this simple one, you'll love this next I brewed up. I used some advice from CvilleKevin and came up with a super simple, and tasty hard cider

5 gallons tree topp AJ
2-3lbs of raw Orange blossom honey to take the O.G. to 1.065

add 4 gallons of Tree Top AJ to primary. Warm a quart of AJ (not boil) and add honey to mix it and dissolve it. add this a bit at a time until you reach your OG of 1.065

Make a yeast starter, and use Nottingham yeast. Add this to to juice, when juice is room temp. Over the course of the next 4-5 days take a gravity reading daily..until you get it dropped down to 1.020...cold crash it...and then add 1 tablespon of cinnamon extract..and then keg and carb.
Dan

I used Giant Eagle AJ (from concentrate, no preservatives) and clover honey, but otherwise I followed the recipe. I had an OG of 1.060 and a final of 1.020.

I cold crashed in my new freezer, but ended up freezing it (my thermostat hadn't arrived yet and I left it plugged in for too long). I let it thaw, and it was still bubbling nicely when I kegged it and put it in my kegerator.

After a week or carbing, I tasted it again and found it too just sweet for my taste. I pulled the corny from the kegerator and let it sit at room temperature, hoping it would dry out a bit.

It's been 4 days at 68F or so, and the SG hasn't moved. Has the freezing or carbing action retarded the fermentation process so that it won't pick up again? Should I just cut my losses and drink my overly sweet cider, or should I just be patient? Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[BargainFittings]

Give it a couple weeks time. 4 days is not much time when you have stressed the yeast like that.

You might have to cut your losses and drink it or blend it a bit with a mixer or brew up a smaller gravity cider and blend it to taste.

I would test it on friends before you do anything as it might be a popular beverage even if you don't like it right now.

 

[cyberlord]

If you've killed the yeast you might try re-pitching some fresh. But I agree with the previous post, give it time.

 

[hotspurdotus]

If you've killed the yeast you might try re-pitching some fresh. But I agree with the previous post, give it time.

Thanks for the replies.

I'm out of Nottingham, I do have some freshly washed WLP001 California Ale yeast I could pitch. Acceptable choice at this juncture?