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Apfelwein. Still sitting but taste checks are good. A pumpkin ale that went so wrong I dumped both cases.

Only thing that will tell is a taste test?

Is that a ROPAK bucket? I saw somewhere the other day about the bottoms leaking after the glue gave out. There are 2 different versions of those buckets I guess

Looking good!

Someone lazied out the chart for easy conversions :) http://www.jaysbrewing.com/2011/11/17/lazy-chart-for-converting-dme-lme-grain/

How low can that Igloo fridge go on temps?

Are you going to be adding people as viewers for this doc so we can subscribe and see changes/updates?

You can stick a piece of tubing on that 3-piece airlock(the middle of the airlock that your cap usually covers) and drop it into a bucket of starsan/alcohol/even water if you have to. I have a dedicated 3-piece airlock like that that I use as my blowoff tube. If you only have one, attach the...

This is the pretty standard go to for a beginning cider recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/ While that is fermenting you can research adding spices/cinnamon sticks but I THINK that most people do it a week or so before bottling in a secondary. I don't add...

Not a stupid question. I've been looking at the same thing and this answered my question about lme and dme conversion rates.

For my pumpkin this year I used 2 cans of organic pumpkin roasted in my oven at 350 for 15 minutes. I dumped it right in the fermenter before putting in the airlock.

Sounds like Christmas gifts to me. "Hey check out this awesome pear vinegar I made for salads and cooking...Here is your bottle of it!"

Thanks for this. I tried it and didn't see any bubbles. I held it under with a brick for awhile and watched it. Hopefully that points to good things.

I bottled my first batch Oct 21st. I have an ancient bottle capper that was given to me for free but the bell sits at a slight angle that is noticeable when the capper is depressed on the bottle. I capped all the bottles and everything looked to be sealed and left them upside down for ~15...

Remember you can always add more but you can't take it out once it is in. I'd make a small test subset and record measurements until I find the mix and them scale it up from there.

Did you measure the OG on the batch? If you did no sugar added I think you'll end up around 5-6.5%.

I'll let someone with a bit more experience help here. I'm new to cider and have been researching cinnamon lately so I had some recipes lying around.

I'd definitely get a siphon hose. It's low cost and high utility.

I think 2 might be a bit much. I'd taste it often. I think a 1/2 would be more on ratio for the size. My reference is some of the 5 gal brews use 2 cinnamon sticks.

This is a pretty quick cider that seems to have a decent amount of visibility to the thread. I'm not sure what aging would do in this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/ IT's on my list to make in the 7-10 days so when I bottle my Apfelwein I can keep...