Dave70
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I'm over all this back-sweetening carry on so here's the plan.
Make a cider as per usual.
Progressively sample until its where it needs to be taste wise.
Crash chill.
Transfer to keg.
Sit keg in the boil kettle and top up with water - so its kind of like a double boiler.
Gently heat to about 55 deg and hold for 10 minutes or so.
Gas as usual once everything cools down.
From my not often cider making memory, juice sits around 1.050 and seems to still have that 'apple-ish' flavor to about four or five days in before it starts to dry out.
I'm planning a cool ferment so it doesn't run away to fast so this may slow the process down some, plus I think it gives better results. The aim is obviously neither to dry nor cloying.
I'd like it to finish around 5% so I'm thinking I should ramp the OG up to around 1.065 or there about's. How's that sound?
Sound reasonable?
Make a cider as per usual.
Progressively sample until its where it needs to be taste wise.
Crash chill.
Transfer to keg.
Sit keg in the boil kettle and top up with water - so its kind of like a double boiler.
Gently heat to about 55 deg and hold for 10 minutes or so.
Gas as usual once everything cools down.
From my not often cider making memory, juice sits around 1.050 and seems to still have that 'apple-ish' flavor to about four or five days in before it starts to dry out.
I'm planning a cool ferment so it doesn't run away to fast so this may slow the process down some, plus I think it gives better results. The aim is obviously neither to dry nor cloying.
I'd like it to finish around 5% so I'm thinking I should ramp the OG up to around 1.065 or there about's. How's that sound?
Sound reasonable?