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#1 positiveContact

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Posted 20 November 2013 - 06:15 AM

How low of an OG is okay?  I happened to check this years cider (which I don't always do) and noticed it was only around 1.041.  any potential issues here?  I just do natural ferments and as usual it's taking a while to get started in my cool basement (55F).  Last years cider was 1.048 I think.  thoughts?



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Posted 21 November 2013 - 05:34 AM

I made a couple of batches this fall with an OG of 1.042.  That's not too low and will still result in a cider of around 5.5% ABV assuming a final gravity of around 1.000.  Plenty strong.  You can always add a quarter cup of sugar per gallon or more... but it isn't necessary to get the strength that the average human wants and expects.



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Posted 21 November 2013 - 06:20 AM

I made a couple of batches this fall with an OG of 1.042.  That's not too low and will still result in a cider of around 5.5% ABV assuming a final gravity of around 1.000.  Plenty strong.  You can always add a quarter cup of sugar per gallon or more... but it isn't necessary to get the strength that the average human wants and expects.

 

i was mostly just worried that at some point the OG would be so low that i would have a highly unstable product b/c of lack of alcohol or something.

 

i may be just starting to see the earliest signs of fermentation now but I really need to look back at my past wild ferments to make myself feel better about my current 4 day lag.  i guess to be fair it probably takes 5 gallons of cold cider a little while to warm up.


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