Hi,
I'm mid-ferment right now and am planning to bottle my two gallons of cider into 8 one liter bottles when the time comes.
I did not add any sugar to the cider and just plan to let it ferment as is for about 4 weeks. Assuming the bubbling stops or slows to almost nothing, I will rack into my glass bottles and use flip tops (Grolsch beer style) to seal everything up.
Then what? I was planning to just put them in the fridge and drink them over time. Is the fridge sufficient to 'cold crash' them without any additional steps? Or should I pasteurize them first?
Given the use of the flip top bottles, will the seal leak before the bottle explodes?
It seems so simple... but I have so many questions...
Thanks,
Doug
I'm mid-ferment right now and am planning to bottle my two gallons of cider into 8 one liter bottles when the time comes.
I did not add any sugar to the cider and just plan to let it ferment as is for about 4 weeks. Assuming the bubbling stops or slows to almost nothing, I will rack into my glass bottles and use flip tops (Grolsch beer style) to seal everything up.
Then what? I was planning to just put them in the fridge and drink them over time. Is the fridge sufficient to 'cold crash' them without any additional steps? Or should I pasteurize them first?
Given the use of the flip top bottles, will the seal leak before the bottle explodes?
It seems so simple... but I have so many questions...
Thanks,
Doug