adnanthemadman
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With an 18L carboy, even after secondary fermentation, I find there's a lot of lees at the bottom mixed in with about 1gal of cider. Partly because I'm constantly pumping my crappy autosiphon stirring up the settled yeast.
So what I do is I siphon off the clear cider pretty conservatively, then I just pour the rest into a 1 gal carboy, then let it settle again in the fridge.
Once it settles you can happily pour up and drink this stuff, leaving the real pure yeast sludge at the bottom, and get a bonus gallon of cider while your bottles carbonate
So what I do is I siphon off the clear cider pretty conservatively, then I just pour the rest into a 1 gal carboy, then let it settle again in the fridge.
Once it settles you can happily pour up and drink this stuff, leaving the real pure yeast sludge at the bottom, and get a bonus gallon of cider while your bottles carbonate