Help, is my Cyser ruined?

[William Wallace]

Hello everyone,

First time trying my hand at cyser. Its been fermenting for 4 weeks now. I used 3lb of orange blossom honey, 1.5 liters of Treetop apple juice and D47 Lavlin yeast. It was rather frothy and foamy in the first 2 weeks then i noticed this on the top. At first i thought it was leftover from the foam but i am not so sure. Can anyone lend their expert eyes?

 

[MashBag]

I doubt it is ruined. Carefully rack it off, into a clean jar and taste.

If its still sweet, help it continue fermenting.

If it is done. Top it up. Sulphite it and finish it.

 

[William Wallace]

I doubt it is ruined. Carefully rack it off, into a clean jar and taste.

If its still sweet, help it continue fermenting.

If it is done. Top it up. Sulphite it and finish it.

Thanks for the response! I will be giving this a try in the next night or two. If I need it to continue fermenting, what would be the course of action. Racking would remove it from the yeast right?

 

[Nicks90]

There will still be plenty of yeast in suspension.
Rack it to a clean sanitary demijohn and I am sure it will be fine.

 

[William Wallace]

There will still be plenty of yeast in suspension.
Rack it to a clean sanitary demijohn and I am sure it will be fine.

Thank you for the advice. I will be racking it in a couple night, I'll let you guys know how it goes

 

[William Wallace]

Thank you for the advice. I will be racking it in a couple night, I'll let you guys know how it goes

To everyone who helped with this: THANK YOU! after racking and a taste test I'd say all is well. I didn't have the tools when I started to take a starting measurement but we are at 17 brix and 1.020 gravity which should put it at about 15.4%abv. Taste is tart, dry yet still sweet.

 

[MashBag]

Good news. Well done.