I have been brewing beer for many years now and have had some experiences with ciders but mostly from kits. I have plaato digital airlock that works well with beers ( it is a device that measures bubbles to provide feedback of SG and ABV through an app).
Yesterday I thought I'd try what I thought a simple recipe:
-14l apple juice
-4l pineapple juice
- 400g of honey
-kveik voss yeast
Now I did the stupid mistake not to measure the OG thinking that I'd be somewhere around 1.055 - 1060 (as usual... in beer).
Fermentation is twice more vivid than in beer and Plaato gives me after 24h an estimated SG of 0.998 and an ABV of 9%....and is still fermenting like crazy with very little slowing down..... that's just not seem possible!
Again the device is very precise with beer wort and I have even used an Ispindle to verify it. Is there something that I am missing here?
I do realize that cider may finish lower than 1.000 but this looks like is going to finish at some strangely low numbers. I wasn't expecting to brew wine...
Yesterday I thought I'd try what I thought a simple recipe:
-14l apple juice
-4l pineapple juice
- 400g of honey
-kveik voss yeast
Now I did the stupid mistake not to measure the OG thinking that I'd be somewhere around 1.055 - 1060 (as usual... in beer).
Fermentation is twice more vivid than in beer and Plaato gives me after 24h an estimated SG of 0.998 and an ABV of 9%....and is still fermenting like crazy with very little slowing down..... that's just not seem possible!
Again the device is very precise with beer wort and I have even used an Ispindle to verify it. Is there something that I am missing here?
I do realize that cider may finish lower than 1.000 but this looks like is going to finish at some strangely low numbers. I wasn't expecting to brew wine...
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