Racking off Perry

500D_1821The recipe from cider-making.co.uk said it would have a specific gravity of 1.010 at the end of fermentation, and it was spot on.  The recipe says rack off and bottle.  I am not sure if this is rack off, wait a bit, then bottle; or bottle straight away.  500D_1820Either way, I needed the temperature checking demijohn for my cider  so racked off (moved in to a new demijohn) it would be.  There was a lot of sediment, meaning that the racked off demijohn was rather far from the top (nearly a litre down).  I now know you can top up with sugar water at this stage.  I wasn’t sure how much sugar to put in but after internal debate I decided that sugar with og 1.030 would be about right to keep the overall alcohol content the same.  I will do the calculations another day.

Like the cider earlier, I tasted this brew.  It was actually not that nice.  Just that bland homebrew sort of taste.   Maybe it is the yeast, maybe it just needs to age.  Off to the garage it went, already bubbling away as the sugar was digested by the remaining yeast.

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Off to the garage