More cider questions...

alex

Hi guys. Thanks for all your help on my last post. As you will have seen it looks like the yeast was dead, hense not working. Anyway everything has been fermenting away for just over a week and is looking good. My question is, am i ok to let it ferment for the whole process in my barrel, rather than putting it in to demijohns? i have done the hole thing in a barrel rather than brewers bucket then demijohns. I hope this will work.

Also, when i come to bottling (i would guess in another two or three weeks), i would like to get some carbination in the bottles. Would the best way to do this be by adding a tea spoon of sugar to each bottle before filling and capping? Thanks so much the help is so apreciated! I hope these arnt too basic questions!

Thanks!! Alex

HBO_Staff

Hi Alex. Good to hear your cider is on the go. Brewing in your barrel should be fine. For carbonation i would use a level teaspoon per 500 ml or if you wanted to make the job easier you could use carbonation drops, I would use 2 drops per 500ml. Let us know how it goes.

alex

Thanks so much I will defs let you know!
Alex