1st Tc help please

[steve01]

evening all
I done a batch of tubo cider on thursday of last week and just need abit of help on where to go next. The og was around 1042 and i took a reading this morning and it was around 1012. the little bubbles inside are few and far between and the airlock is letting a bubble off roughley evey 40 seconds do i need to do anything now or just leave it well alone.
Thanks

 

[cumbrian brewer]

leave it another week at least

 

[oldbloke]

What he said.
Wait until it clears, or is nearly clear, /then/ bottle it

 

[alphacento]

if you like it dry leave it be for a couple more weeks before racking it off. If you want it sweet then pop in some Campden tablets and then let it mature it!

 

[steve01]

Thanks guy's got three brews on the go and pretty clueles :wha:

 

[oldbloke]

Don't worry, it's quite hard to get a TC wrong.
I tend to bottle mine just before they clear, but if you wait until it's completely clear there'll still be enough yeast in it to carbonate in the bottle and you get rid of the risk of exploding bottles.
When you do bottle - 1 week somewhere warm, for the yeast to produce CO2, then 2 weeks somewhere cool, for the CO2 to go into the cider.
Conveniently, that's about the minimum time before it becomes at all tasty - but the longer you leave it the tastier it'll be.

I've got one I'm waiting to bottle now, it's had 2 weeks and is only just ready. Another I made the same day, and same recipe except for a couple of cloves, needs another couple of days. Annoying, as I sterilsed enough bottles for both and will have to re-do the ones for the second batch.

 

[steve01]

I let it get pretty clear and its now bottled in magners bottles. I primed with 1/2 teaspoon sugar and have got them proudly sitting on the side where it was fermenting. Is there any way i can tell if the sugar is carbonating i have 45 bottles of lager as well done the sam way and dont know what i should be looking for :thumb:

 

[oldbloke]

Just trust it will. Leave it somewhere warmish for a week to 10 days, then somewhere cool for a couple of weeks for the gas generated to get absorbed back ino the liquid.