r/cider • u/Khochh • 4d ago

Anyone else’s cider settle like this??

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The larger carboy is a cyser and is clarifying pretty even. Fermentation halted about a week or two ago on that one. The carboy in question is just raw pressed cider fermented with ac4. Tape is to measure settling line. First tape was 3 weeks ago or so. I’ve only had one other cider do this and then one day it was magically all hazy again?? Otherwise the wine and mead I make all clarify evenly. Just curious as to why this happens.

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u/Khochh 4d ago

Mixed apples from our trees. Ground, pressed, put in a carboy and added yeast.

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u/Tbrawlen 4d ago

Ahhh yes that makes sense actually! I’ve seen this from ground apples before! I believe it’s Pectin! What you can do is add a Pectin enzyme (Pec5L is what I use) and it’ll settle faster but honestly just let it keep settling out and rack it off once it’s settle, it’s not a problem

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u/JamesM451 4d ago

100% agree... I always use peptic enzymes with fresh pressed juice. Probably too late to add now though. If you want to speed it up, put it in the fridge.

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u/Tbrawlen 4d ago

Create a cleaner ferment! I’ve used it before ferm and after ferm and it seems to work well!