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?
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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.
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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?
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!
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.
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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...
Thanks for the recipe. 
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