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For those who need a picture to explain what you need - or for those who are curious and want to know what dried yeast balls look like....here ya go:

I bought a 14 cup cooker/steamer at target last month for $19.99. It was Oster brand and red. Works perfect...

What's up in the PHX GTG?! I go to Lee Lee's market in Chandler. I can get a dozen yeast balls for $2.99. They also have like 50 different kinds of rice... ND

Oh no, it was 3 tablespoons for 1 gallon. What's the difference between carbed and sparkling - or is that just semantics?

One ounce per gallon...is that by weight or volume? I added 3 tablespoons of corn sugar to my batch..

Has anyone who has carbonated their Apfelwein had any bottle bombs lately? If yes how long until the first one went? I filled one Sprite bottle from my first batch, and it is getting pretty tight. I tried one the other day and it was carbonated - kinda like a soda would be. I'm not sure how...

I must have done something different from you guys... the "rice" that was left over in my batches REAKED so much of strong alcoholic sake I was not even tempted to try it... It was so strong my whole house smelled like a sake brewing plant (or what I would imagine one would smell like). That...

OK cool - how big is your chest freezer? You can rig it to keep temps at 60-70 degrees? My garage faces west so it gets direct sunlight in the summer and can easily get to be 110+ in there..

Mine turned out just fine...got nearly 6% apv if my calculations were correct. The higher temp for a day or so (before I put carboy in water) did not seem to cause any effects.. I was totally worried about it the whole time - but it ended up just fine. I kept it brewing for an extra week ( 3...

I pureed the fruit in the magic bullet and then squeezed out the juice from the pulp through a strainer. Foe some of the fruit I added all the puree and strained the whole batch to keep out the chunks. The coloring is all natural from the berries.

Bottled my sake tonight....yielded about 6 cups, or enough to fill 3 16oz bottles: From left to right: Blackberry, Raspberry, Blueberry After flavoring, it was SUPER tart, so I added some equal to it and it tasted much better! I then pasteurized all 3, and now they are cooling off in the...

Here is what my Sake looks like after being in the fridge for about a week: Is this separation normal? Will it clear up further? Should I give it more time? Not sure what to do at this point other than drink it =)

Wait...aren't you going to pasteurize to stop the carbonation from building up? I think you will start to have your bottles explode if you don't? I did exactly the same thing. I took 1 cup of bottled water, 3 tablespoons of corn sugar, AND I added 9 small packets of sweet 'n low and brought...

OK cool - so for my 1 gallon I am looking at most 4 tablespoons... Was yours sweet at all - or did the yeast eat most of it up? Also, how did you add yours to the batch? Did you just dump the dry dextrose straight into your carboy or bottling bucket, or did you add a little water to it...

Holy smokes... I just exracted my sake last night....the whole kitchen smelled like alcohol... I strained it many times to try and get out as many of the finest particles I could. I have somewhere near 1/2 gallon and it is sitting in the refer cold crashing. I probably could have extracted...

Crack one open and give it a try... I am very curious to see if your 7 teaspoons is enough for 2 gallons. I am about to carbonate just 1 gallon and maybe I can figure out how much I will need depending on results like yours...

Thanks Leadgolem, According to that calculator - for "standard cider" it calls for .8oz of priming sugar for a 1 gallon batch, which really isn't much. Hopefully it will be enough. I have read that others use a wine conditioner, I might just try a little sweetner on this expermental batch...

Thanks Mike! Is that 3/4 cup per gallon of corn sugar to bottle and carbonate? If that's for your 5 gallon recipe... I guess I will have to figure out how much for 1 gallon equivalent.

Hello, (this answer may be somewhere in this thread... but there are so many pages...) Does anyone know how much granulated or corn sugar is needed to prime just 1 gallon for carbonation? I used EdWort's Apfelwein recipe... Also, I do want to backsweeten, which I can do with nutrasweet...

Hello, (this answer may be somewhere in this thread...) Does anyone know how much granulated or corn sugar is needed to prime just 1 gallon for carbonation? I used EdWort's Apfelwein recipe... Also, I do want to backsweeten, which I can do with nutrasweet, splenda, or whatever. Does anyone...