Alak0
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Hi everyone
I recently got my hands of a few kilos of apple and I decided to make some cider with it
It gave me a total of 9L apple juice to which i added 1L sugar water to top up the og to 1076, then I pasteurized for 15 minutes at 65c
I'm using the harvested Voss kveik from my previous batch of beer...I took a sample yesterday which was day 6 and the sg was 1030, too sweet, lots of apple flavor and aroma with absolutely no off flavors thanks to the clean nature of Voss, I think when it gets to 1015 I'll rack it to some 1L bottles, cause I like my cider sweet, cap, pasteurize to kill all the yeasts and bugs, then I'll pour it back to the carboy and gelatin+cold crash it, then I'll add bentonite for maximum clarification...
I took a sample of the pasteurized juice before pitching, added bentonite and it was crystal clear after 2 days, it was as clear as water, only that it had a nice color to it
Now the thing I'm wondering about is can pectin haze still occur, given that my pre-fermentation cider could get crystal clear with bentonite? I'll deal with all the other sorts of haze with bentonite and gelatin, but pectins, they need an enzyme, which, based on what I've read aren't as effective in an acidic, alcoholic juice...
Sorry my text got a bit too long
I know these are not the common practices to make hard cider, not letting the fermentation go all the way, but I like it the way it is
I recently got my hands of a few kilos of apple and I decided to make some cider with it
It gave me a total of 9L apple juice to which i added 1L sugar water to top up the og to 1076, then I pasteurized for 15 minutes at 65c
I'm using the harvested Voss kveik from my previous batch of beer...I took a sample yesterday which was day 6 and the sg was 1030, too sweet, lots of apple flavor and aroma with absolutely no off flavors thanks to the clean nature of Voss, I think when it gets to 1015 I'll rack it to some 1L bottles, cause I like my cider sweet, cap, pasteurize to kill all the yeasts and bugs, then I'll pour it back to the carboy and gelatin+cold crash it, then I'll add bentonite for maximum clarification...
I took a sample of the pasteurized juice before pitching, added bentonite and it was crystal clear after 2 days, it was as clear as water, only that it had a nice color to it
Now the thing I'm wondering about is can pectin haze still occur, given that my pre-fermentation cider could get crystal clear with bentonite? I'll deal with all the other sorts of haze with bentonite and gelatin, but pectins, they need an enzyme, which, based on what I've read aren't as effective in an acidic, alcoholic juice...
Sorry my text got a bit too long
I know these are not the common practices to make hard cider, not letting the fermentation go all the way, but I like it the way it is
