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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.

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[-] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] mooklepticon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Decent, even the sludge! Could have used a touch more back sweetening but just barely.

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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