Gravity after primary 1.017?

[jaydog2314]

So I had my first batch of cider in the carboy and racked it over to a clean carboy(last Friday), before racking took a sample and gravity was at 1.017, tasted great but I was under the impression from what I have read and from some advice from a few other members that the gravity should/would get down close to 1.000 or lower?!?! So here'd the recipe I used, pretty basic:

5 gallons apple juice/cider
2 lbs brown sugar
US-05

My OG was 1.066, so the cider is right at 6.4% now which is fine by me I'm just wondering if I did something wrong of if the gravity will drop that much more while in the secondary.

I was thinking about bottling on Monday, that would have been 2 weeks primary and about 10 days secondary.

Thanks for any help!

 

[brianwadley]

The brown sugar can take a while to ferment out with the s05. Also, that yeast likes to take its time in my experience. I think you racked a bit early, but you can take your time in secondary. 2 weeks may not be enough since you took it off the cake and the yeast count will need to build back up.

 

[jaydog2314]

should i consider repitching or just let it ride?

 

[brianwadley]

It really depends on what you want. Do you want a dry, wine-like cider? Then Yeah, repitch and let it drop. If you want a slightly sweet one, just ride it out.

 

[Warthaug]

Did you measure with a hydrometer or refractometer? If the latter, you need to adjust for the effect of alcohol on the instrument, using a calculator such as this one:

http://onebeer.net/refractometer.shtml

With your numbers, the corrected FG is actually 0.988.

Of course, if you're using a hydrometer, I just wasted a lot of space...

Bryan

 

[jaydog2314]

Used a hydrometer, I'll let it ride for awhile before bottling. I liked the way it tasted so im not complaining just want to make sure I did it right being my 1st try at cider.