Help did I bottle correctly?

MichaelJ909 · Jul 8, 2015

So I did a cider from a concentrate i got at the local brewery shop. It says to allow for fermentation for one week and then to straight to bottle. And then that allow aging in the bottle for two weeks. I already bottled yesterday and today I look at the bottles and it looks like I'm having yeast settle at the bottom. Is this correct and if so will it change the flavor of the end result of the cider?

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MedicMang · Jul 8, 2015

That's an interesting way to tell you how to make cider. Look up some threads on here to see how it's done. A week may not be enough time for fermentation. You want to let it do its thing and be done when it's done. Anyways. You are correct. That is yeast, which is completely normal. Problem is, if it wasn't done fermenting, it may continue in the bottle. This will make pressure build and they may explode. After maybe 3 days, try one. Carbonated at all? Try one the next day. Carbonated more? You may have to pasteurize the batch but that's a whole other cider expedition.

What kind of cider where you trying to make? Dry/sweet/carbonated/still? I can help you make what you want with some more info.

MichaelJ909 · Jul 8, 2015

I'm making a carbonated. I used the carbonated drops. I check the SG and was at 1.000 before bottling.

MedicMang · Jul 9, 2015

Good. Sorry. I'm sure it will be fine then. The yeast won't give much more flavor if you leave the last 2 oz of liquid in the bottle when you pour. You want to leave that sludge at the bottom as much as you can.

MindenMan · Jul 9, 2015

If you place your finished cider in the fridge until serving your chances of pouring cloudy cider are lessened. I don't know if your cider was crystal clear at bottling or not, but if it was not, next time you might want to cold crash the whole batch before bottling, to eliminate as much yeast as possible in your finished cider.

MichaelJ909 · Jul 9, 2015

Ya and it's was what I thought was clear. I think I may allow it to mature in bottle for the two weeks and then chill it in the refrigerator for a few days before serving to try to minimize cloudiness