Worried and need advice

[lefty23]

So it's been a week since I transferred my cider over to the secondary and it was very clear at the time but today I noticed the top is getting darker in color and some sediment is beginning to form on the bottom. Is this just left-over yeast making a last stand, or did I introduce some kind of infection? I'm thinking about cold-crashing and reracking it. What does everyone think?

 

[CiderRules]

That's A LOT of headspace for secondary, it looks like its oxidizing. I would top up or rerack to a smaller carboy asap.

 

[TheClairvoyant138]

^ this

 

[vbwolpert]

^ also if you keg I would purge your carboy with co2 before filling it. But that is a huge amount of head space.

 

[BigFloyd]

If it was very clear after the primary, why rack it into a secondary and expose it to all that air?

I just kegged 5 gallons of Graff cider this evening. It fermented 17 days, cold crashed in the primary a week and went straight to the keg. Now on the gas at service pressure with gelatin working its way from top to bottom.