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Once bottled, what is the shelf life of apfelwein?

The recipe did call for 4 gal. of water before adding yeast, so that should soften it up a bit. I'm going to siphon off some today and give it a taste.

Thanks. I added 18 cups of sugar to my 5-gal batch. Any idea how that would increase the alcohol content? I'm going to get a can of frozen concentrate, add the appropriate amount of sugar and water, and measure the the SG to get a sense of the difference with the final product, but in...

About a week ago I started a 5-gal. batch of Welch's Concord Grape Juice Wine. I did not measure the SG before I added the yeast. Today I siphoned the must into a secondary fermenter, and measured the SG at 1.005. Is there any way for me to determine the approximate alcohol content of the...

Removed airlock, cleaned and sanitized, replaced with vodka (cheapest I could find). Everything working fine. No suckback in two days. Thanks for the advice. Now getting together ingredients for apfelwein and Welch's grape juice wine. My OCD is kicking in big time.

My primary fermenter is a 7+ gal. bucket. I'm using this kit from Brewhorizons -- http://www.ebay.com/itm/190824347921?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649. The Winexpert instructions say to cover the primary fermenter and use the airlock at this stage.

Hello all, I'm a first-time poster, and newbie in home wine making, so please excuse any ignorance I may reveal in this post. As my initial foray into home wine making, I chose an Italian Brunello kit from Winexpert. I started the batch on Tuesday, June 11. Everything seems to be going...