Good morning everyone,
New member here, i'm Jesse from Holland, Michigan. i started homebrewing last week.
My latest batch i'm calling batch #3 is 6 gal of store bought apple juice (Kirkland brand), Red star Premier Blanc wine yeast, fermaid K nutrient and added some black tea for tannins.
Pitched yeast on 1-7-25, SG: 1.044, FG: 1.00 on 1/12/25 (will re-check this in a couple days). Must temp on 1-11-25 was 71.1 Fahrenheit room temp steady at 68.
Moved from Primary fermentation bucket to 5 gal and 1 gal glass carboys. My question is this: I want this to be a sparkling cider, but I also want this cider to age a little bit and clear before I bottle. How long in your experience have you let it sit in secondary before you moved to bottling with priming sugar? This seems to be a hard question to find an answer for. I did sample some of the cider after taking my hydrometer reading and I will say for a brand new cider it was surprisingly drinkable.
Thank you for any and all feedback! I'm happy to be here, I've been reading lots of posts over the past few months as I got ready to start my homebrewing journey.
New member here, i'm Jesse from Holland, Michigan. i started homebrewing last week.
My latest batch i'm calling batch #3 is 6 gal of store bought apple juice (Kirkland brand), Red star Premier Blanc wine yeast, fermaid K nutrient and added some black tea for tannins.
Pitched yeast on 1-7-25, SG: 1.044, FG: 1.00 on 1/12/25 (will re-check this in a couple days). Must temp on 1-11-25 was 71.1 Fahrenheit room temp steady at 68.
Moved from Primary fermentation bucket to 5 gal and 1 gal glass carboys. My question is this: I want this to be a sparkling cider, but I also want this cider to age a little bit and clear before I bottle. How long in your experience have you let it sit in secondary before you moved to bottling with priming sugar? This seems to be a hard question to find an answer for. I did sample some of the cider after taking my hydrometer reading and I will say for a brand new cider it was surprisingly drinkable.
Thank you for any and all feedback! I'm happy to be here, I've been reading lots of posts over the past few months as I got ready to start my homebrewing journey.