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After about 10 weeks, I put my apfelwein bottles. Would have been nice to wait a little longer, perhaps. But I've been so busy with life/work lately, that I took the first chance to bottle it (it's been about 10 weeks, at least). Lemme tell you. This stuff is the real deal. I used 5 gallons of...

Eh. As a mostly beer drinker, I was pretty satisfied with my uncarbed sample. Plus, since apfelwein is traditionally uncarbed, I'm gonna stick with that.

Well, broke down and snagged a sample. The flavor is incredibly light, but it's still a nice apple flavor. No real taste of booze at all to me. This could be dangerous. I'm sure this has been asked about a million times in this megathread, but what should my next move be? It will be 2 months old...

Oh man, my batch has been sitting for close to 2 months now. Have yet to try it, but I snuck a whiff of it just now. Certainly smells like apple. And wine. Lots and lots of wine.

Glad I checked this thread. My batch has been in the fermenter for a month as of today. Still have held off taking a sample, and I guess I'll let it sit for at least another month. Just wanna have it ready for the holidays. :)

When you have a hard time convincing your friend that you actually made what they're drinking.

Oh. More than anything, I'm just so used to using carboys for everything. I'm used to seeing my works in progress. Hehe. Either way, whipped this up into a fermenter last night. Now the wait begins! :mug:

I was at my local Kroger tonight and they had a sale on half gallons, $1.89 each. Needless to say, I'm stocked up on juice, sugar, and yeast. Too bad all my carboys are in use. Dunno if I wanna throw this guy into a plastic fermenter.

5gal Nelson Sauvin IPA 27,085

Man, this looks great. After brewing 4 beers in the span of a week, I could go for an easier project like this. Since I don't have a Costco/Sam's Club membership, gonna talk to someone I know who does tomorrow to see if I can cut down on my juice cost. Hehe.

Since I last posted.... +10 English PA +5 Irish Stout +5 Hefe 26,847 total

The first time I did this brew, I used WLP300. I loved the results (as did everyone else who tried it!), and I'm about to make another batch with 300. :mug:

Not really similar. AB is substantially better.

Probably a lager. If only because I don't see myself ever wanting to buy the equipment to make it so.