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This is my first cider. I threw in some grapes I'd frozen a while ago. I bottled directly from primary. 2 weeks in the bottle and I checked on it, saw the sludge on the left. A night in the fridge and then poured off the clear cider into one glass and the sludge into another. So much sludge. A good 15-20% of the volume. Lesson learned - rack to 2ndary for clarity sake.

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[-] reattach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think that's fine for primary. I might rack off of secondary every month or so. Maybe less often after the first time. It's probably overkill, but I'd hate to ruin another batch.

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