boludo82
New Member
Hi
After racking off several of my 5L demijohns into two 25l demijohns in late October I have seen in the last week particles forming at the surface (See images below). I racked off the previous year's cider in the same way but didn't see this happen. The only workflow change has been the length of time spent in the larger demijohns. The previous time it was one month. This time three months and counting. Just as I did last year immediately after racking off I pumped in some Argon gas to oxygen protect the liquid which has been crystal clear throughout until the last week or so. Interestingly there was one 5l batch that I racked off into another 5L demijohn and these solids haven't appeared at all.
I didn't want to leave it this long before bottling but other life events got in the way and from what I read elsewhere on this forum leaving the cider to "sleep" after racking for several months over winter should do it no harm at all.
Anything to be concerned about?
After racking off several of my 5L demijohns into two 25l demijohns in late October I have seen in the last week particles forming at the surface (See images below). I racked off the previous year's cider in the same way but didn't see this happen. The only workflow change has been the length of time spent in the larger demijohns. The previous time it was one month. This time three months and counting. Just as I did last year immediately after racking off I pumped in some Argon gas to oxygen protect the liquid which has been crystal clear throughout until the last week or so. Interestingly there was one 5l batch that I racked off into another 5L demijohn and these solids haven't appeared at all.
I didn't want to leave it this long before bottling but other life events got in the way and from what I read elsewhere on this forum leaving the cider to "sleep" after racking for several months over winter should do it no harm at all.
Anything to be concerned about?