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• Posted in thread: New cider experiments; need advice/comments on 05-11-2009 at 03:37 PM
  I'll allow myself the thread necromancy since I'm the original poster :)I see a lot of 1st
  timers posting questions that I also had when I first started out making apfelwein, so I
  thought I'd post an ...

• Posted in thread: Apple Ale? on 02-19-2009 at 07:25 PM
  Yes I did. I wanted to make a real beer which just happened to have some AJ as some
  fermentables.According to my notes.. I used 1oz Halltertau for some reason, and 0.3oz Chinook
  for bittering which I ...

• Posted in thread: Apple Ale? on 02-19-2009 at 07:03 PM
  Just thought I'd report back with my findings, as I went ahead and made what I call Apple Pale
  Ale.I used a basic PA recipe as a base - I aimed for a 3 gallon batch. I simply topped up the 2
  gallon di...

• Posted in thread: New cider experiments; need advice/comments on 01-28-2009 at 07:12 PM
  I was hoping you had a closer place than an hour's drive. That's ok, I'll get some pure apple
  juice from IGA or something and make a gallon of it.I don't know what area you live in, but in
  the fall I ...

• Posted in thread: New cider experiments; need advice/comments on 01-28-2009 at 05:48 PM
  What kind of apples are in the juice?I have no clue honestly. He told me it was a "blend" of a
  few kinds, I didn't think to ask for specifics. It was quite sweet compared to the juice I got
  back a few...

• Posted in thread: Noob to brewing, just opened my first bottle... on 01-16-2009 at 05:58 PM
  I use bleach all the time, almost exclusively. It has a bad rap around here for some reason,
  but proper rinsing with hot water makes it a non-issue for me.If you suspect your tap water,
  try doing a ba...

• Posted in thread: Apple Ale? on 01-09-2009 at 06:41 PM
  I think the challenge will be retaining the apple flavor, since most of your juice is likely to
  be fermentable. I think you're right. Which yeast would you recommend to possibly mitigate that
  as much ...

• Posted in thread: Apple Ale? on 01-09-2009 at 05:54 PM
  I have some leftover pure apple juice (unpasteurized, lightly filtered) and I want to try
  making an ale out of some of it. Not hard cider with a bit of malt, but actually an apple beer,
  with hops and ...

• Posted in thread: New cider experiments; need advice/comments on 01-09-2009 at 03:59 PM
  Thanks for weighing in, Kevin.Ok well experiment day is fast approaching. I got back from the
  farm late last night and you can't imagine how relieved I was to learn that it could all fit in
  my fridge:...

• Posted in thread: Quick Apfelwein questions on 01-08-2009 at 06:10 PM
  Could I open a few of the bottles and carbonate them and re-bottle them now to just see the
  difference???I've done this with beer, and it does work.I don't know about cider, but with beer
  if you pour ...