Bottling-Carbing my first Cyser

[JustinCider]

First of all i would like to thank all of you guys for the information on this site...what a resource. I will be picking up my Floor corker from Adventures in homebrewing tomorrow to bottle my Apple-Cinnamon Cyser this coming weekend.

(Belgium Beer Bottles, corks, and caps)

I'm kinda scared that I will somehow ruin the stuff as I try to carb and bottle this sweet nectar so I'm asking for any kind advise or harsh remarks from the HBT members. I started this Cyser on November 12...as you can see there is still some honey yet to be eaten by those yeasties but its so clear i just cant wait to get this stuff into bottles. So to carb this up I just rack into a bottling bucket back-sweeten to taste and use the pasteurization info from the sticky to complete the process? Should i just leave it be and let the yeast finish up with the honey?

My gawd i cant wait to drink this stuff!

Any questions comment or death threats would be great!

 

[kevokie]

It should be finished fermenting by now, it's been two months. As far as carbing in the bottle, I'm sure it matters if it fermented dry or not. I'm sure someone with better advice will show up soon enough. The sticky is a really good starting point.

If there really is honey left at the bottom, then yes you should wait for it to ferment out. Looks like just yeast on the bottom. It's purdy.

 

[DaveVanO]

As kevokie said. That looks like yeast, but there may still be honey involved in there. If there is honey, let it finish out.
There is different ways to carb, some use priming sugar, others force carb. But read the "stickys" to make sure you dont create bottle bombs.

If it has finished fermenting (your FG stays the same over the period of 2-3 days) then there is a possibility that it wont carb once you backsweeten and bottle. Im not the best source of information, just someone that noticed your thread and name of the cyser. Mind sending me your recipe.

Great looking mead though. Since it has cleared up, test the FG and figure out if its done fermenting. And there are different ways to carb, might need to find the right way thats easiest for you

 

[Lushife]

How do you back sweeten while bottle conditioning?