ViperMan
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
I haven't posted in quite a while... In May my wife and I were shocked to learn we were expecting, so of course everything has changed gears and all the stuff I loved doing in April... ...I haven't been able to do since...
Back around that time-frame - I honestly can't even remember when - I started a cider going. It had about 5.5 gallons of unpastuerized fresh-pressed cider (this stuff is phenomenal, really.) And a BUNCH of powdered sugar. If I put anything else in it, I can't even remember...
I used Safale S-04 - at least I'm pretty sure - 'cause I had to order it off the internet - my LHBS didn't carry it.
I let it ferment down to 1.025, maybe 1.02 - again, I don't remember - and cold crashed it in a basement refrigerator that I picked up around the same time.
I DID rack it after a few days of cold-crashing. It was right around the 3rd week of May when I did that. I stuck it back in the fridge, went on a family vacation...
...and haven't TOUCHED the thing since. Honestly I keep forgetting it's even down there.
I have NO idea if it's continued to ferment, I have NO idea what it's gravity is right now, I'm not even sure if there's still liquid in the airlock (actually I'm pretty sure there is...)
I figure I either have an AMAZING cider down there simply for the fact that I've left it alone, or I've got a new bed of yeast which has made the cider taste terrible and I'm going to have a disgusting science project on my hands...
I bought a kegging setup to put this in - was going to skip the bottling phase, pasteurization phase - all that mess - and experiment with kegging. It's been so long since I started this, I can't even remember what to do next...
Do I just rack it into the keg, plug in the CO2 and set for drinking pressure? Do I need to do anything else?
Sorry for sounding so scatterbrained, but that's exactly how I've been lately. I have a to-do list that's a mile long, am working two jobs since June, and haven't had time to stop and think in what feels like an eternity...
Thanks for any tips/advice/guidance.
Jeff
I haven't posted in quite a while... In May my wife and I were shocked to learn we were expecting, so of course everything has changed gears and all the stuff I loved doing in April... ...I haven't been able to do since...
Back around that time-frame - I honestly can't even remember when - I started a cider going. It had about 5.5 gallons of unpastuerized fresh-pressed cider (this stuff is phenomenal, really.) And a BUNCH of powdered sugar. If I put anything else in it, I can't even remember...
I used Safale S-04 - at least I'm pretty sure - 'cause I had to order it off the internet - my LHBS didn't carry it.
I let it ferment down to 1.025, maybe 1.02 - again, I don't remember - and cold crashed it in a basement refrigerator that I picked up around the same time.
I DID rack it after a few days of cold-crashing. It was right around the 3rd week of May when I did that. I stuck it back in the fridge, went on a family vacation...
...and haven't TOUCHED the thing since. Honestly I keep forgetting it's even down there.
I have NO idea if it's continued to ferment, I have NO idea what it's gravity is right now, I'm not even sure if there's still liquid in the airlock (actually I'm pretty sure there is...)
I figure I either have an AMAZING cider down there simply for the fact that I've left it alone, or I've got a new bed of yeast which has made the cider taste terrible and I'm going to have a disgusting science project on my hands...
I bought a kegging setup to put this in - was going to skip the bottling phase, pasteurization phase - all that mess - and experiment with kegging. It's been so long since I started this, I can't even remember what to do next...
Do I just rack it into the keg, plug in the CO2 and set for drinking pressure? Do I need to do anything else?
Sorry for sounding so scatterbrained, but that's exactly how I've been lately. I have a to-do list that's a mile long, am working two jobs since June, and haven't had time to stop and think in what feels like an eternity...
Thanks for any tips/advice/guidance.
Jeff