I didnt use montrachet yeast for the apfelwein, I used Lalvin EC-1118 which was recommended to me by the local homebrew shop guru (he didnt have any of the montrachet). I have just started Edwort's recipe last night, but it is not bubbling yet after almost 24 hours. Should I be worried? It is in a coolish basement/garage right now. What is the best temperature to keep the applewein fermenting at?
We went through an entire keg of Apfelwein last night at our national homebrew day party. Everyone loved it, but now they are probably all cursing you! I am going to try to get some pics of the party up tonight.
I didnt use montrachet yeast for the apfelwein, I used Lalvin EC-1118 which was recommended to me by the local homebrew shop guru (he didnt have any of the montrachet). I have just started Edwort's recipe last night, but it is not bubbling yet after almost 24 hours. Should I be worried? It is in a coolish basement/garage right now. What is the best temperature to keep the applewein fermenting at?
My first batch took just over 100 hours to start, and it came out fine. As long as you sanitized well, just let it go on its own, maybe giving it a swirl once in a while to keep the yeast in suspension.
Just brewed a batch of Apfelwein today after finding the recipe yesterday... It really seems to have that effect on people, doesn't it?
I made a startlingly awesome discovery while ingredient searching, though. While looking for juice at the HEB Central Market on North Lamar, I found Central Market Organics Apple Juice, Pasteurized... in 1-gallon GLASS jugs. I brew some meads, so I'm forever needing more glass jugs, and these are perfect. The jugs were $6.99, and considering that 1-gal jugs on their own go for $5.49 at Austin Homebrew, that makes the juice cost (effectively) $1.50, which is a steal. So if anybody else is looking to gain a few extra gallon jugs, definitely check this out.
My recipe was pretty much normal:
1gal apple juice
approx. 6.5oz light brown sugar
Red Star Montrachet
Cheers for the awesome recipe, Ed. Can't wait to try it in a month.
Only 1 Gal?? You're going to be very sorry you didn't make more. and I would never drink this stuff 1 month from pitching yeast. I let mine go 4-6 months before drinking and it's fantastic. 1 month will not be close to what it's suppose to taste like. It may not even be done fermenting.
I came across this while searching for something to do with all the priming sugar I had left over. So, called the wife who was at Sam's and picked up some apple juice. Made a batch of this stuff Friday night. Felt guilty because it was so easy to make. By Sunday morning, this stuff was bubbling like crazy. Had to take it to the garage as it did have just a little funk. Used Muntons Gold dry yeast. Now, the waiting game.
I looked in the closet and there was my batch of Apfelwein. I thought it needed another week (my time is all messed up) and checked on it and it is all clear and ready to bottle. Got my FG of 1.000 and the wine bottles are soaking in the tub as we speak.
Tasted the gravity sample... Man, this stuff is GOOD! I used Lalvin D-47 yeast (since it was what I had in the fridge from all of the mead I am making) and it came out great! It reminds me of a chardonnay in flavor right now. Nice and dry and will be really good when the temps hit the 100+ mark in another week! Hubby has already claimed about half of this batch for some SCA events we will be attending and stated that he may pass on his normal gin and just drink this!
We will be picking up another 5 gallons of apple juice at the grocery store today to start another batch tomorrow. Thank you, EdWort. This is some really really good stuff! I plan to treat this like wine rather than beer and I think the hangover will be minimal... Although I have had a few nasty hangovers from over consumption of the fermented grape beverage...
O.K. I have no will power. SWMBO and I polished off 4 bombers yesterday afternoon on the deck enjoying the nice weather.Even though it wasn't fully carbed and only 2 1/2 months old it was still very good. Got the green light from SWMBO to keep this in constant rotation as wine is more her thing than beer anyway. As I turn more people onto this I can see it being a big hit this summer in the yard.Thanks Ed!
Made a batch Friday. Didn't have corn sugar so I used 2 cups of honey, 2 cups of brown sugar and red star champange yeast. It's got a healthy case of rhino farts rolling along so I guess its working!
Can't wait to try it in a month.
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