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I just did a one gallon test batch with raw cane sugar.. it came out a bit more winey then my first batch sweetened with concentrate.. I think it might need some more tome to mellow out then the concentrate but it should be fine.

I chill and shake Carb so the tank isn't on for weeks.. just in case it slow leaks somewhere.. also I don't ever turn it on unless I'm dispensing. And sometimes not even then if I Just filling one glass .. aslong as there are no leaks in your keg everything should stay carbed and ready with...

Apfelwein + sorbate + kmeta + melted green apple jolly ranchers =?

So ok thinking of bottling and reducing sediment.. is it possible to prime in a keg wait for carbanation and then bottle from the tap leaving the sediment behind. then add just a small amount of sugar to recarbonate what is lost when filling bottles . I'm thinking this should leave just a...

One of the side benefits (or problems to some) of using a yeast cake however is that it imparts some of the flavor of the previous wine into the Skeeter Pee, so if you did use a cake from Apfelwine you'd end up with a Apple-Lemon Skeeter Pee. I don't think ill pour right onto the yeast cake...

I also just kegged and carbed mine.. 2 weeks in a primary. 2 in a secondary. Sorbated and backsweetened with two cans of concentrate brought it back to about half the gravity of woodchucks.. man is this stuff delicious. And it's gotsa biggg kick.. gonna brew some more but a little less on the...