I just racked my "Mutiny on the Bounty" cyser for a second time. The gravity is sitting at 0.994. The alcohol is up there and it is very leggy. It is very dry with a very small hint of sweetness, but not enough.
It has a deep amber color and releases a lot of the young astringency with some air and vigorous swirling in a large bordeaux wine glass. It has a pretty clean finish and should age out very nicely. I think I'm going to let it sit for a bit (until about December) and then check again.
I have some considerable headspace in both carboys because I had a good inch plus of dead yeast. I've never dealt with a cyser before in regards to topping off. I goosed it once already with some apple cider when I racked from the primary fermentation vessel to the secondary vessel (no peservatives in the apple cider) There was a very small amount of secondary fermentation but nothing vigorous enough to cause any bubbling in the airlock.
I think I would like to top these off with Apple Juice Concentrate. So far I have only seen discussions of using the AJC to sweeten but not to top off.
So to top off with AJC do I blend it with water, water and honey or something else? What is the ratio for an effective sweetening mixture, gvien a five gallon batch of cyser is at a gravity of 0.994?
Thanks,
Oskaar
It has a deep amber color and releases a lot of the young astringency with some air and vigorous swirling in a large bordeaux wine glass. It has a pretty clean finish and should age out very nicely. I think I'm going to let it sit for a bit (until about December) and then check again.
I have some considerable headspace in both carboys because I had a good inch plus of dead yeast. I've never dealt with a cyser before in regards to topping off. I goosed it once already with some apple cider when I racked from the primary fermentation vessel to the secondary vessel (no peservatives in the apple cider) There was a very small amount of secondary fermentation but nothing vigorous enough to cause any bubbling in the airlock.
I think I would like to top these off with Apple Juice Concentrate. So far I have only seen discussions of using the AJC to sweeten but not to top off.
So to top off with AJC do I blend it with water, water and honey or something else? What is the ratio for an effective sweetening mixture, gvien a five gallon batch of cyser is at a gravity of 0.994?
Thanks,
Oskaar