Mixed up some Great Value brand apple juice and Nottingham. One gallon. My universal stoppers wouldn't fit in the gallon jug, so I was delayed waiting for #6 stoppers to be delivered. Everthing is put together and comfortably bubbling away.

While at Wal-Mart today, I'll pick up some more juice and start another gallon.

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Ordered some Nottingham yeast today. The thought is that I'll get a simple juice and yeast mixture bubbling. Hopefully, this mix will mellow out a bit sooner than apfelwein and I'll have a something drinkable in a keg soon.

meanwhile, my latest apfelwein is bubbling along nicely...

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Corn Sugar - 1 x $8.99 = $8.99
Amount: 5 lb
Barbed Liquid Disconnect (Ball Lock Keg) - 1 x $5.99 = $5.99
Beer Dispensing Unit (MFL) - 1 x $15.98 = $15.98
Disconnect Type: MFL Liquid Disconnect (Ball Lock Keg)
3-piece Airlock - 1 x $1.29 = $1.29
Drilled Universal Stopper - 1 x $0.99 = $0.99

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Mixed up a batch of apfelwein on 3-12-11. After realizing I had a couple gallons in a keg, I decided it might be a good idea to fill the rest of my cornies.

Even though I mixed on 3-12, the juice must have been cold. I've had the juice in the garage for the better part of a year. Additionally, I've never fermented with this brand (Wal-Mart stopped carrying my previous brand). And...the yeast came straight out of the fridge. The bubbling fermentation activity just didn't start....

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Made up a batch of amber ale on Sunday. "Partially mashed" the specialty grains using a small crockpot and some cheescloth. Held the temperature right at 160 for an hour.

After this was accomplished, I started the boil. A week ago, I had made a batch using the same recipe and came in just under 5 gallons. So...I was determined to get just a bit more volume into my 3 gallon pot. After boiling for 50 minutes, I dumped the last of my extract in with an ounce of hops. ...

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