Recent content by Fuggles

This thread is unreal - I made a version of this wonderful beverage in December of 2006. I am starting two new 5 gallon batches tomorrow. I am usuing Wyeast #4021 Champagne Wine Yeast - but other than that sticking to the recipe. I will prime both batches to have sparkling Apfelwein. Can't...

-5 degrees?? I was just pissing and moaning to my wife that it was only 65 today!! I feel for ya bro. Enjoy your slushies!

Bubbles heroically gripping the sides of the glass......one by one they succumb to the greater force and float upward in glorious defeat. Bubbles - the priming has worked. It just took a little longer than beer. All is right in the world.

I used the ale yeast and primed my version w/ DME and honey. It has been a little over two weeks in the bottle and I tried one last night and there was not a whole lot of carbonation. No head whatsoever and just background carbonation. Does it ever get fully carbonated?

A little cloudy, but it really fermented out apply dry. I used liquid ale yeast and threw in some brown sugar instead of corn sugar. Now that one of the carboys is available, I am trying your original recipe using the wine yeast next week. I looked at the calendar today and, whatdaknow - one...

Tasted a coffee cup full of it - WHEW! Strong! I am going to like this stuff when it carbonates!

Bottling day has finally arrived - I am going to prime mine using DME and honey. Although it has been 5 weeks in - it still never completely cleared (I think that is due to the "All Natural" apple juice I used which had a cloudy look to begin with.

And then on Tuesday night you can legitimately say, "I only had four beers".

That is a tough issue with her. I am allowed to keep the big 22 oz'ers stored neatly in their boxes in the hall closet. I used to save too many (even I can admit that) and it caused ripples in the domestic tranquility. Now with two kids and toys creeping into every quarter of our house - I...

Today marks my 3rd week also - still cloudy!

Yeah - Titan has been my favorite IPA for a while now and I just recently received my order of Stone. Hard to pick a favorite now - suffice it to say that Stone lived up to the hype which is always difficult. The stout and the hefeweizen thing I would not put past my wife - she likes beer but...

So I am reduced to watching my once proud Seminole football team play on December 27th in the Emerald Bowl. (FSU 44 UCLA 27 by the way). Well I have a huge 30 ounce Seminole mug that I drink beer out of while watching their games when at home. My wife makes a run to the kitchen and politely...

Will do - thanks!

No - that is one thing I try to control - the good beer goes to only those who appreciate it!

Well - 12 already gone (along with a whole host of other beers). No matter what you think or your wife tells you - you still do not have enough beer to accommodate you and your hard drinking relatives.