[dmtaylor]

My cider with Cote des Blancs that I fermented in the 40s & 50s in my garage and racked like 3 times during fermentation finished and cleared back in early January, and actually ended up semi-sweet!  I was very pleasantly surprised.  No chemical additions at all of any kind.  I didn't measure FG yet but I imagine it might be as high as like 1.005 (OG was around 1.045-ish).  I got a refractometer for Christmas so I think I might just have to test out a drop in the next few days and see where it ended up (using Sean Terrill's adjustment calculator as well -- actually, I wonder if that's even accurate for cider, not beer?!  probably not?!).