New to home brewing, and have started out with some cider. I've started out with just store bought apple juice, 4l of which is now fermenting in a demijohn.
Is secondary racking required for this? My understanding is that secondary racking is to remove lees, but as I'm using store bought juice from a carton (no additives), shouldn't I be able to skip secondary racking? Or is there something I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!
Lees are not just the pectin precipitate from apple juice, or grape bits or beery crud from the biol, it is mostly your yeast cake.
I have brewed many things, wine, cider, beers, meads and sometimes I go to secondary, sometimes I lack a spare vessel, or I am lazy that day, or in a rush to make something as a test batch.
If you are careful when bottling then racking is not essential, but racking to a secondary if there is a lot of crap at the bottom of your demijohn can make the whole process easier.
To summarise, racking is not required but, it can make things easier and/or reduce sediment in bottles.
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