This is my first cider. I threw in some grapes I’d frozen a while ago. I bottled directly from primary. 2 weeks in the bottle and I checked on it, saw the sludge on the left. A night in the fridge and then poured off the clear cider into one glass and the sludge into another. So much sludge. A good 15-20% of the volume. Lesson learned - rack to 2ndary for clarity sake.
I’ve ruined more than one batch myself by leaving it too long on the lees - in either primary or secondary.
verity_kindle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How did it taste, tho?
mooklepticon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Decent, even the sludge! Could have used a touch more back sweetening but just barely.