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thanks for the quick reply, I had chilled the bottle over night, I was really anxious to sample because it tasted so good before bottling, the six months really mellowed it quite nice.

I brewed a tri berry Meade, back in Jan, I was trying to go for a sparkling drink, I know its really hard, I read several forums about it, but decided to go out on a limb and experiment. After 7 months of fermenting I decided to bottle, I carbed with 1cup of honey. I bottled a case in champagne...

Checking in on your fermenting carboys several times a day like sleeping babies.

Thanks for the advice, I love threads that help point a beginning brewer like myself to some of the better learning aides available, I have a mid shift tonight that I basically sit at a desk for 8 hrs, so I have some good material to take with me now!

I used Wyeast 3068 wiezen yeast, it is quite an active fermentation to say the least, if you look up other threads on various yeast to use for Apfelwein, you get different decriptions of the many profiles of using different yeast. By the way the milk jug is a great idea, thanks!

So Im a noob and thought that Id share my first experience with a blow off tube mess. First heres what Ive done so far, Got my first beer making kit in December for Christmas, batches made so far: 1. Alititude amber ale that came with kit, just bottled yesterday. 2. Midwest Kolsch, primary...