How long in primary?

[farmskis]

If I use nottingham or s04 how long will it take to get down to 1.004? Will it take much longer if I bump up the starting og to 1.060 with sugar? I am trying to plan fermentor usage. I plan on racking to secondary once the cider gets to 1.004 to stop the fermentation.

 

[Randzor]

Racking it will not stop fermentation unless cold crashed then treated, or pasteurized.

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[EpicCider]

If I use nottingham or s04 how long will it take to get down to 1.004? Will it take much longer if I bump up the starting og to 1.060 with sugar? I am trying to plan fermentor usage. I plan on racking to secondary once the cider gets to 1.004 to stop the fermentation.

It depends on a lot of things, such as temp, yeast nutrients, etc.

It's not going to hurt anything if you rack a little premature. I racked my last batch of Nottingham after 13 days and it was at 1.008 (OG was 1.055). No nutrients were added to this batch. Temp was roughly 64-68F.