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KWKSLVR · 12-29-2011, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jgerard

I added1/4 tsp to a few 12 bottles and got no carbonation whatsoever,

Weird. I added 8.5 tablespoons to 4 gallons (did some other stuff with the last gallon, so I divided my priming sugar into 1/5ths).

After 10 days, it's working away slow and steady. I bottled one into a clear bottle as my "observable test subject", and the yeast is starting to drop.

How long did you wait to bottle after fermentation stopped and how long did you wait to see if you had any carbonation?

Jamminjoenapo · 12-31-2011, 12:32 AM

Ok I need some help with this. I just started fermenting my third batch last night. Same everything as the last few times. I woke up this morning expecting to smell rhino farts and sadly there was nothing. I let it go all day and went to buy another packet of yeast just in case. Well I check on it again and this is what I see. A few floaties and a weird ring on top. Should I wait it out and see what happens or throw in another packet of yeast and pray or consider it a loss and start over?

**Skagdog** · 12-31-2011, 01:18 AM

Jamminjoe- just be patient- My first batch bubbled the airlock a ton. The second batch did nothing, I don't recall ever seeing a bubble come out. My third batch did nothing for a week, then bubbled for a couple days, then quit. The yeasties are still gettin'-r-dun in there.

Happy Brewing.

nukinfuts29 · 12-31-2011, 01:31 AM

Three of us killed two 1.5L bottles tonight.....WOW haha

Jamminjoenapo · 12-31-2011, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Skagdog

Jamminjoe- just be patient- My first batch bubbled the airlock a ton. The second batch did nothing, I don't recall ever seeing a bubble come out. My third batch did nothing for a week, then bubbled for a couple days, then quit. The yeasties are still gettin'-r-dun in there.

Happy Brewing.

About what I was thinking I was more concerned about the stuff at the top. It didn't look similar to what I've seen before at the top of the juice, usually it is just a bunch of bubbles nothing like what I am seeing now.

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Originally Posted by nukinfuts29

Three of us killed two 1.5L bottles tonight.....WOW haha

I have a feeling that is what is gonna happen to my first 2.5 gal. It's still in the fermenter after 5 months and I'm gonna wait a little while longer. Got another at 3 months and as posted earlier just "brewed" another one last night.

DWhitwell · 12-31-2011, 03:25 AM

So I'm now enjoying my first batch of apfelwein, and I can't stop drinking it! I must get a new batch started right away, because I know this one will not make it past the 2 month mark.

Why, oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?

**EdWort** · 12-31-2011, 03:25 AM

I would not leave the Apfelwein on the yeast more than 3 months. That's the max I go anymore.

**EdWort** · 12-31-2011, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by timdsmith72

Man, I love this stuff....

Nice Bembel and Grippe glasses.

Jamminjoenapo · 12-31-2011, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by EdWort

I would not leave the Apfelwein on the yeast more than 3 months. That's the max I go anymore.

EdWort, any insight on if the picture I posted looks ok to you? I'm most likely over reacting, but to hear that I'm not going crazy would be good.

**timdsmith72** · 12-31-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by EdWort

Nice Bembel and Grippe glasses.

Thanks! I saw a post from you somewhere... Don't remember exactly where now, but you recommended Possmann as a good place to get them. I called them up and talked to Todd. Nicest fellow! Anybody looking for these, I highly recommend them. Thanks for the tip!