Degassing Apfelwein?

[NinjaBear]

If you're planning to keep it still, do you need to degas before bottling?

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I bottle mine from a bottling bucket rather than from the carboy, and find that racking is enough to knock the CO2 out of suspension.

 

[Cyclman]

never degassed mine, bottled straight from the carboy, but never had any bottle carbonation.

Thinking of this, seems odd.

 

[NTXBrauer]

I have never taken the extra step to degas Apfelwein either. Like above, I also rack to a bottling bucket and bottle from there. So far so good.

 

[NinjaBear]

Thank you for the response.

So about a week after it completely stopped bubbling the airlock, the pressure equalized and the water level in the airlock returned to a neutral level.

So I bottled, but it still has a bit of a sour flavor. Is this from lack of aging, or indicative of bacteria contamination? Will this fade with time? How long will it take to age and mellow out the flavors?