Fermentation

[jmart84]

So today I was checking on the hard cider I'm brewing for my wife from an extract kit and I noticed that the bubbling had slowed down considerable so I opened the lid to do a SG check. I was in and out in under a minute and resealed my fermentation bucket. It wasn't quite there as I was looking for a 1.004 on the gravity and I'm sitting on a 1.010. Anyway, since I resealed the bucket, I'm not seeing any activity on my bubbler. What's going on here? Thanks

 

[blackbeer]

probably done. the diff between 10 and 04 ain't that much in the world of cider. let it go for a couple weeks and call it good.

 

[kh54s10]

You released all the excess co2. It may build and bubble the airlock again, or not. Now you are just waiting for the final drop in gravity.

 

[jmart84]

I was thinking of racking to the secondary.. Is it close enough to consider primary fermentation done?

 

[flars]

Fermentation won't be done until two SG readings, a few days apart, are the same. Close to being done is called a stalled fermentation. Don't try to rush it.

CO2 may still be building pressure in the bucket. Bubbles through the air lock may begin again in a couple of days. Lid may also have not sealed well this time and CO2 is escaping around the rim.

 

[pdxal]

No need to transfer to a secondary anyway. Check some of the (controversial) threads about this.