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Thanks for the info. Jugger, I'll search for those recipes. I forgot I have some 6 oz. bottles, they would make good "testers".

I’ve been making wine for about one year. I’ve never made anything natural carbonated. I started a batch of EdWorts Apfelwein about 3weeks ago. I followed the instructions exactly and It’s been sitting on my basement floor at about 62 deg. I’m still getting a bubble about every 10 seconds. I...

I thought you're suppost to bottle ofter you ferment.

CiderMaster, "All your favorite commercial ciders are made by getting high octane hooch, then adding water and backsweetening with apple concentrate, adding malic acid and then force carbing (Woodchuck, hornsby, strongbow, etc.) Are you saying commercial ciders aren't fermented apple juice?

You can use any water you like except distilled water I've heard. Distilled water doesn't have the minerals the yeast need. I use tap or sometimes I buy gallon jugs of "spring" water. I don't know about reverse osmois <sp> water.

It will take about 5-7 days to get to a S.G. of about 1.010 to 1.020. You just don't want it to ferment all the way out.