How long do you age your cider for before drinking?
Do you age in a Carboy/bucket or in the keg?
At room temp or in frig/kegerator?
A Zymurgy article said not to think about drinking for 6 months.
8 - 12 months, in a keg, in my basement, at room temp.
Your patients will be rewarded.
I agree with the 6 month minimum. I age mine as close to 55F as possible and primary in a bucket, then secondary and age in carboys.
You then keg/carb after the 6 months?
My proceedure is to rack to secondary when SG has reached 1.025-1.020. Allow the cider to finish and rack again, then bulk age for 2 months. Bottle and allow to age for a minimum of 3 months. I primary in the low range of the yeast that I have selected and secondary as close to 55F as possible.
