fermentation time for cider

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morning all. I've just started a new cider and the instructions say to ferment for 4 days before barreling but this doesn't seem long enough to me so any advice from the more experienced brewer would be great.
Also any suggestions for a good Christmas brew would be much appreciated
 
Is this from apples or a kit? No experience of kits but from apple juice can take anything from 2 weeks to all winter depending on whether you add yeast or just let it ferment naturally.
 
its from kit only started this afternoon. I stopped brewing a about 10 yrs ago and have only just started up again so I'm very rusty
 
Chaz said:
its from kit only started this afternoon. I stopped brewing a about 10 yrs ago and have only just started up again so I'm very rusty
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I've no experience of cider kits but the best advice I can give is use a Hydrometer and once it's down to 1.000 or not going down any more it's done...
 
I started a kit on Sunday and is down to 1.01 already. Very quick to ferment so not surprised it says 4 days. I am going to give it at least a week though to make sure it is completely done.
 
When I make Turbo Cider I give it a week for the initial fermentation and then I bottle it/let
it settle for another week before having a drink
 
Re:>booyaa/chaz

It IS a good idea to make sure the fermentation is finished.!!

A couple of days will do no harm at all.
 
Ive made a few of the Bulldog kits. Use a thermostatic heater for temperature control. In my experience, these ferment pretty fast and i find that after a week, gravity is down to 1 or less. After bottling they clear quickly too so you'll not have to wait too long before enjoyment sets in!
 
I was able to get thermostatic controllers from work.

Never ever failed,Never ever stuck.

Except when i switched one off by accident, next day first and only "stuck" fermentation.
 

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