volkswagner
New Member
Hey guys,
I just started my first batch of hard cider.
I pressed my apples, used some campden, waited 48 hours, heated to 180 degrees and cooled, added pectic enzyme, added yeast nutrient and added my yeast.
I seperated it out into seperate batches
-a half gallon of 13% potential for "wine"
-a gallon of 8% potential for hard cider
-4 gallons of 6% potential for hard cider
The first few days seemed good. All three bottles were bubbling away. I swirled them a few times. I noticed the cider didn't clear up very much.
This is where I don't know if I screwed up. I opened them up and put in some more enzyme.
They bubbled away perfectly fine for another day or so. Then at about 3 days after pitching I woke up and my half gallon had bubbled up out of the air lock and there was top scuzz all over the floor. I cleaned the airlock and put it back in and it seems to be fine. The gallon one had then stopped brewing all together. No bubbles at all. It's been about a day and there has been no bubbles, so I'm assuming the yeast are dead.
The 4 gallons seems fine.
Can I just put more yeast into my gallon? What would have caused it to die? Is it dead?
Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
-Sam W.
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I just started my first batch of hard cider.
I pressed my apples, used some campden, waited 48 hours, heated to 180 degrees and cooled, added pectic enzyme, added yeast nutrient and added my yeast.
I seperated it out into seperate batches
-a half gallon of 13% potential for "wine"
-a gallon of 8% potential for hard cider
-4 gallons of 6% potential for hard cider
The first few days seemed good. All three bottles were bubbling away. I swirled them a few times. I noticed the cider didn't clear up very much.
This is where I don't know if I screwed up. I opened them up and put in some more enzyme.
They bubbled away perfectly fine for another day or so. Then at about 3 days after pitching I woke up and my half gallon had bubbled up out of the air lock and there was top scuzz all over the floor. I cleaned the airlock and put it back in and it seems to be fine. The gallon one had then stopped brewing all together. No bubbles at all. It's been about a day and there has been no bubbles, so I'm assuming the yeast are dead.
The 4 gallons seems fine.
Can I just put more yeast into my gallon? What would have caused it to die? Is it dead?
Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
-Sam W.
pic for click
