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I've never used the stuff but you all know about the gas canisters you can get to lay a blanket of inert gas on top of an open bottle of wine. Could this be used just before corking / capping when bottling? What would be the advantages / disadvantages in doing so?

My apple wine is looking really nice. I plan on bottling it a week from this Thursday (today is Sunday). I've put finings in it to help clear it out (it was really chunky unfiltered cider and was NOT clearing on its own. looks great now though). Not only has there not been signs of...

My first batch had a stuck ferment after about two weeks of very light activity. The gravity had dropped only very slightly and by all accounts from other people it should have done the lion's share of the ferment by the fourth week at most. Mine still had barely moved. Well, I tried...

Maybe we should just make a new forum with the name "Edwort's Apfelwein Forum". Just kidding. Kind of.

I made a batch of Ed's AW (like everyone else on the planet apparently). It's in about it's second week and going strong. Great bubbles, great color, great smell. I'm quite excited about it. Here's the thing though.... My local brew shop (Steinbarts, Portland, OR) told me I could get a five...

I recently (a week ago) racked to a secondary and this stuff has been forming on the top of my mead. Sorry the images are kind of hard to see. The glass was very distorting. Is this krausen or is it something I should be worried about? The smell coming from the gas lock can only be...

I'm making a 5 gallon batch of apfelwein (ed's recipe) using Columbia Gorge unfiltered pasteurized cider. I have a source of straight ginger juice and would like to add a bit of ginger flavor to this cider. If that sounds strange you must try some ginger apple cider. It's delicious...