Man, I love Apfelwein - Page 401

o8secridr · 10-12-2008, 02:25 PM

thank you for all the post. I have learned alot.

**ButchTN** · 10-12-2008, 09:51 PM

I have 2 batches in primaries. One made on 9-14 and one on 9-18. The one made on 9-14 is considerably clearer than the one on 9-18 and I made them using the exact same ingredients/recipe. However, there are some differences in the equipment. The one on 9-14 I used a rubber stopper with the bubbler airlock and the one one 9-18 I used the orange carboy (wine) cap with the 3 piece airlock. Both airlocks were filled with the same vodka and have been sitting right beside one another the entire time. I know I'm just a stickler for details, but any suggestions here or am I overthinking?

**EdWort** · 10-12-2008, 10:25 PM

Don't worry. One had 4 days more time to work than the other. Take a picture, wait 4 days, and compare. It will be fine.

**ChshreCat** · 10-12-2008, 10:34 PM

I'm debating on racking my apfelwein to another bucket tonight so I can use my ale pail it's in for my beer on tuesday. I hadn't planned on using that to ferment it, but didn't have the right stopper for my other bucket. But the one it's in is my only fermenter that's not 5 gallons. I'd like the headspace for my beer. And no time to go the the LHBS to get a new one.

formsand · 10-12-2008, 10:59 PM

Umm these question is probably here somewhere in the four thousand posts, but I'm going to ask again. First, if I use a carboy for this, do I have to use a vapor lock on it as well? Second, do I have to have a specialty carboy (like a Better bottle)? I was wondering if I could buy a 5 gallon water jug thing at Safeway (I don't have a homebrew store anywhere near me.) And third, do I even have to use a carboy, or can I make it in a 5 gallon bucket?

**ButchTN** · 10-13-2008, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by EdWort

Don't worry. One had 4 days more time to work than the other. Take a picture, wait 4 days, and compare. It will be fine.

Thanks Ed! err...Mr. Wort.

Pogo · 10-13-2008, 04:37 AM

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Posted by formsand...

Umm these question is probably here somewhere in the four thousand posts, but I'm going to ask again. First, if I use a carboy for this, do I have to use a vapor lock on it as well? Second, do I have to have a specialty carboy (like a Better bottle)? I was wondering if I could buy a 5 gallon water jug thing at Safeway (I don't have a homebrew store anywhere near me.) And third, do I even have to use a carboy, or can I make it in a 5 gallon bucket?

You can make it in anything you have handy - bottle, bucket, barrel, tank, tub, glass, food grade plastic, stainless steel, etc., as long as you can fit an airlock on it!

Pogo

**ChshreCat** · 10-13-2008, 04:54 AM

Hmmm... I racked my apfelwein to another fermenter tonight so I could make my beer on tuesday. I took a hydrometer sample while I had it open and it's still at 1.004 after almost 4 weeks. I'll just have to give it time and check in another week, I guess.

**Austin_LSU** · 10-13-2008, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by EdWort

Excessive consumption of Apfelwein WILL get you drunk at warp speed.

Drink a quart of water and take 3 aspirin before going to sleep tol help reduce the effects of excessive Apfelwein consumption as well as the urge to call EdWort a M'F**kR the next morning!

I want you to know, Ed, that I was infact calling you a M'F**kR yesterday morning. I loved you Friday night, but by morning you had made an enemy.

Thanks for the recipe.

P.S. College girls at parties love this stuff. Just sayin...

**ChshreCat** · 10-13-2008, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin_LSU

P.S. College girls at parties love this stuff. Just sayin...

Nah, I think you're lying. I'll have to test that hypothesis myself.

10-12-2008, 09:51 PM	#4002 (permalink)
ButchTN Rusty Shackleford's buddy Recipes Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 48 ButchTN's Gallery	I have 2 batches in primaries. One made on 9-14 and one on 9-18. The one made on 9-14 is considerably clearer than the one on 9-18 and I made them using the exact same ingredients/recipe. However, there are some differences in the equipment. The one on 9-14 I used a rubber stopper with the bubbler airlock and the one one 9-18 I used the orange carboy (wine) cap with the 3 piece airlock. Both airlocks were filled with the same vodka and have been sitting right beside one another the entire time. I know I'm just a stickler for details, but any suggestions here or am I overthinking? __________________ "An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools." --Ernest Hemingway

10-12-2008, 10:25 PM	#4003 (permalink)
EdWort Prost Neujahr!! Recipes Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bee Cave, Texas Posts: 10,006 EdWort's Gallery BLOG ENTRIES: 2	Don't worry. One had 4 days more time to work than the other. Take a picture, wait 4 days, and compare. It will be fine. __________________ Happy New Year!!! Prost!, EdWort

10-12-2008, 10:34 PM	#4004 (permalink)
ChshreCat Do you have a flag? Recipes Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stanwood, wa Posts: 1,339 ChshreCat's Gallery	I'm debating on racking my apfelwein to another bucket tonight so I can use my ale pail it's in for my beer on tuesday. I hadn't planned on using that to ferment it, but didn't have the right stopper for my other bucket. But the one it's in is my only fermenter that's not 5 gallons. I'd like the headspace for my beer. And no time to go the the LHBS to get a new one. __________________ Riding that fine line between cool and dorky

10-13-2008, 04:54 AM	#4008 (permalink)
ChshreCat Do you have a flag? Recipes Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stanwood, wa Posts: 1,339 ChshreCat's Gallery	Hmmm... I racked my apfelwein to another fermenter tonight so I could make my beer on tuesday. I took a hydrometer sample while I had it open and it's still at 1.004 after almost 4 weeks. I'll just have to give it time and check in another week, I guess. __________________ Riding that fine line between cool and dorky

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10-12-2008, 02:25 PM	#4001 (permalink)
o8secridr Junior Member Recipes Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cerro Gordo, Illinois Posts: 19	thank you for all the post. I have learned alot.

10-12-2008, 10:59 PM	#4005 (permalink)
formsand Junior Member Recipes Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 7	Umm these question is probably here somewhere in the four thousand posts, but I'm going to ask again. First, if I use a carboy for this, do I have to use a vapor lock on it as well? Second, do I have to have a specialty carboy (like a Better bottle)? I was wondering if I could buy a 5 gallon water jug thing at Safeway (I don't have a homebrew store anywhere near me.) And third, do I even have to use a carboy, or can I make it in a 5 gallon bucket?