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I'm drinking a glass right now that I think I overkilled a bit. I used sorbate and I pasteurized. I did 3.5 gallons of juice and a pound of corn sugar. I let it FG out. Then I added sorbate and a half gallon of applejuice making the final volume 3.5 gallons of dry apple wine and .5 gallons of...

I think I'll be a 1-3 day carb guy so I can just have my carboys loaded up with beers on-deck and then I'll probably find a paintball cylinder to serve so I'm just paying refill fees and not a huge 16 gram cost. 5lb at home, 20 oz sitting at work.

I'm naturally carbonating a batch in the keg starting today but found a co2 tank on clist today for pickup tommorow. I run a shop with 10-22 guys depending on the day. We work until the bars close and then typically hang around the shop cracking beers until 5-6 in the AM. I don't know enough...

I had a 5 lb pale once that I left unrefridgerated for months and it had molds and funky stuff on the surface of it when I opened it. I froze it and it never got completely hard. I cut the top of the pale off, sliced off the funky surface, got the partially frozen chunk all the way out of the...

If I naturally carbonate in the corny keg, and my beer will all be consumed in a day (not a severe alcoholic but I'm going to start brewing for my shop which is about 18-30 guys on most nights) could I just get a pump tap and save myself all the co2 costs? I'll get CO2 eventually but I found a...

I made a Cerveza style ale once, which is probably one of the cheapest beers you can make as absolutely no good beer ingredients are capable of being grown in Mexico. And when it was done I,,, enjoyed,,? one on its own but the rest of them were for micheladas. A little lime, worcestershire...

If I finished the fermentation (3.5 gallons), sorbated, and then added a 1/2 gallon of apple juice to up the sweetness and apple flavor of the wine, would that work or am I not seeing a potential issue? I just finished my last bottle from a primary starting last April and I'm starting to get the...

You are right on in my case. I am a beer brewer who never made wine before of any kind. However, I probably tasted so much apple in my wine because I never drink anything sweet. I drink water and beer, period. I can't remember the last time I had a glass of apple juice. It might have been years...

I searched this thread for 'filtered vs unfiltered' and saw issues with clarity mentioned(unfiltered being cloudy when complete) Are they any other differences? Cloudy unfiltered organic costs me 7.99 per glass gallon jug vs buy 1 get 1 free half gallons of filtered for 1.98/gallon. I...

2 Questions. I read 'Game meat' is a good pairing with Apfelwein and of course, pork. Luckily Texas has a wild hog infestation so I'll be able to get game pork pretty cheap (perhaps only the cost of .270 shell?) But beyond that main dish, what else would I want to serve with Apfewein if I made a...

Haha. I hear that. I accidentally opened the wrong yeast and started it hydrating when I started my apple wine so I started my Mead on the same day to save a trip to the brew store to replace the mead yeast. So, 4 gallons Mead, 3 of Apfelwein. I am using a combination of Liter fliptops, 3/4...

I did 3 gallons of organic apple juice and some corn sugar. It was about 72 degrees the whole time. My method was exactly the same as the first post in this thread except 3/5 's of everything since I used 3 gallons to his five. Mine bubbled hard for a week and then was done. I checked the...

I just had this same experience more or less. Yesterday I was going to make Apfelwein until I realized I opened the wrong yeast, I opened my mead yeast instead of the Apflewein...... So I ended up doing a whole lot of brewing yesterday with my girlfriend patiently waiting for me to take her to...

I think I'm going to go a simple pale ale and call it a day. The goals isn't for it to actually taste bad. All entries should taste good, just be artfully something trailer parky I suppose. Also, I've never had a homebrew taste bad,, kind of the fun of it. I've had them turn are really low in...

Yes, due to time constraints and equipment shortcomings lager is out of the picture which is a lot to lose right out the gate and one of the reason I wanted to reach out for help, since I'm sure there are other options I just don't know about. I'm thinking of using the coopers Lager kit...

Greeting from sunny Austin Texas. I'm a novice brewer and I just brewed myself into a corner! You never hear someone say "I want to get a brew kit together so I can make my own Milwaukee's Best"... Until now. Read along. I just started brewing again and after a few 'practice batches' I...