I have been home brewing cider for about a year now and have had all successful batches. i have a pretty consistent process.
-Sanitize
-ingredients (Apple juice,yeast, pectic enzyme, yeast nutrients)
-Ferment (depending on how patient i am)
-Back sweeten (apple juice from concentrate)
-Bottle (use plastic bottle method)
-Wait til carbed and Pasteurize (using sous vide)
Recently I had a batch that had alot of trub and junk on the bottom of the Fer-monster more than previously. So I decided to use a Secondary (racking method) instant regret. After about 2 days in the secondary i'm reading all these posts about Oxidation and am getting worried about it!
Did i mess up a whole batch of cider?
Why did i rack? Why does anyone Rack?
Should i bottle the cider tonight to try and salvage it? It was in the primary for about 40 days.
Can someone explain oxidation? i feel like there is no good info out there after reading post after post about people being worried about it..........
-Sanitize
-ingredients (Apple juice,yeast, pectic enzyme, yeast nutrients)
-Ferment (depending on how patient i am)
-Back sweeten (apple juice from concentrate)
-Bottle (use plastic bottle method)
-Wait til carbed and Pasteurize (using sous vide)
Recently I had a batch that had alot of trub and junk on the bottom of the Fer-monster more than previously. So I decided to use a Secondary (racking method) instant regret. After about 2 days in the secondary i'm reading all these posts about Oxidation and am getting worried about it!
Did i mess up a whole batch of cider?
Why did i rack? Why does anyone Rack?
Should i bottle the cider tonight to try and salvage it? It was in the primary for about 40 days.
Can someone explain oxidation? i feel like there is no good info out there after reading post after post about people being worried about it..........