GrumpyOldDog Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I've got a cider on the go at the mo. It's been bubbling away for the last 23 days at 20degs The gravity is still slowly going down 1003 7 days ago, now 1001. Is this sort of thing normal? The longest until now has been brewed out at 16 days [unsure] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 There could be any number of reasons for what is happening; lack of nutrients, insufficient healthy yeast, wild yeast fermenting the brew further, higher level sugars being broken down, blah, blah... If you plan to use PETs, have a smell and a taste then go ahead and bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldDog Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Was planning to have them as summer stubbies. I don't know if this is good form or bad but i always drink the hydrometer and this brew has tasted great right the way through. Hmmmmm. Think i will put them in PETs........... starting to run out of beer [cool] Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianN Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Hey Grumpy, Out of interest, what was your recipe for the cider? I'm interested in putting one on for summer like yourself. LHBS has black rock kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBH Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I've just started drinking my 'Poison Apple' Cider. It took quite a while to ferment. Just checked my brew logs, and it took 21 days (made it to 6.0% ABV, while being smoother than commercial ciders). A few other brewers I've spoken to agree that cider tends to take longer to ferment out. So unless theres something rank about the cider, I'd hazard a guess and say its fermenting normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldDog Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 This is Black Rock cider with about 1.2kgs of dextrose(didn't realize the scales were out till yesterday)I ran a brigalo cider last summer and the B/R beats it hands down even straight out the fv Have already bottled into 23 PETs and the rest into stubbies. fingers crossed I'll check em every couple of days.They finished up at 5.5% ABV, a bit on the dry side with a slight bite to it. I'll try for more of a draught cider next time. Should be good from now on, just picked up the 2nd fv. time to get serious [biggrin] and hopfully learn a bit of patience. thanks for the help Cheers to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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