Hi all, I racked my first ‘gallon’ of cyser today - SG was down to 1.001 and I stirred up some sediment too. (started Oct 7 at OG 1.111) It’s still fizzing slightly and I expect the SG will go down a bit more, but I wanted the practice with the autosiphon (also a first time tryout).
Anyway, my questions are:
a) since its still apparently fizzing, am I ok to leave the headroom? Primary was in the plastic jug, and I moved it into a glass carboy.
b) if (when) I need to re-rack for the true secondary, what to top it up with? Water maybe is easiest, but would stabilizing (K sorbate & K metabisulfite) and filling with new cider be OK? I think that’d amount to back-sweetening, and be ok for a still cyser.
thanks for your help!
Anyway, my questions are:
a) since its still apparently fizzing, am I ok to leave the headroom? Primary was in the plastic jug, and I moved it into a glass carboy.
b) if (when) I need to re-rack for the true secondary, what to top it up with? Water maybe is easiest, but would stabilizing (K sorbate & K metabisulfite) and filling with new cider be OK? I think that’d amount to back-sweetening, and be ok for a still cyser.
thanks for your help!