Magnum Apple Cider Secondary Fermentation

[gkinrade]

Hi all

Bottled this up on Saturday after 2 weeks in the primary fv and stuck the bottles in the cupboard under the stairs. Went in there today and noticed that it was only 15-16 degrees... Now as far as I'm aware that's too cold for secondary fermentation isn't it? Second question is now that I've moved the bottles out of there will the secondary fermentation now kick in? I can see a fair bit of sediment in the bottom of the bottles...

Cheers

GK

 

[abeyptfc]

usually i just leave my bottles in the spare bedroom at normal temp then move out to the garage for a month or so, im no expert but i think you will be fine with it at that temperature

 

[evanvine]

In my opinion:
The fermentation temperatures quoted for various home brews (beer, wine, cider etc) are normally the highest acceptable to prevent "off flavours" being produced.
Fermenting at lower temperatures just slows the process down, so by all means store your bottles in the garage, just be a bit more patient (yeast won't work while it's frozen).