Monday, 1 September 2014
Bottling Cider
Yesterday, once I concluded that the fermentation was complete, I racked apple cider v.1 into a clean 1 gallon jug. A secondary fermentation is required to carbonate the cider, so I stirred in some extra sugar - recipes often call for 1/4 cup of sugar per gallon. I added a little less than this and stirred it until it was dissolved. Then, I siphoned the cider into three 1 Litre EZ-Cap bottles. The plan is to wait 2-3 months before I crack open a bottle. This should be plenty of time for the secondary fermentation to be complete, and the lees to mostly settle out.
Labels:
apple cider,
bottles,
bottling,
cider
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