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Took about 24 hrs to really get going. Still bubbling about every 4-5 seconds.

Just started my first batch of Apfelwein. 3gal batch-3 gal grocery store apple juice[Indian Summer brand],19 oz dextrose,yeast nutrient and 71B yeast. The wait begins...

Stabilized and bottled on 10/23,back sweetened with 1/2 can frozen apple juice concentrate. Opened a bottle today to check it out. very slight phfft on opening. Perfect sweetness but a little hot on the alcohol. Will taste another in a few weeks.

Been slowly bubbling for a while now[about every 10-12 seconds]. SG yesterday was 1.005. Tasted it-dry with a nice hint of apple pie. Still kind of cloudy.

Just transferred to secondary. SG was .995. Tasted it,not bad but a bit dry. Added the brown sugar,honey and only 1 can of frozen apple juice concentrate. Now to wait.......

Found a recipe for this by a guy named Russ Whaley.Read the comments about it and the modifications some did to it and came up with my own variation. 3 gal Apple juice[Motts in this case] 2 lb Clover Honey 1 1/2lb brown sugar 1 tbsp Apple Pie Spice 1.25 tsp pectic enzyme 3 cinnamon sticks 1 pkg...

Update-Had to go out of town for a couple days. Came home to about 1 1/2 gallons left in the Fermonster I used for a secondary. Seems there was a leak by the spigot I hadn't noticed. Nice trail of melomel leading to the floor drain. Moral of the story-Always do a leak check.........:confused:

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I have two fermenters. Both Speidel,one 7.9 gal and one 3.2 gallon. I'm planned to make a 3 gal Apple Pie Cyser. Is the 3.2 too small? I don't know how vigerous/robust a cyser fermentation would be. TIA

I racked this mead again due to about 1/2 inch of lees on the bottom. Tasted great,might need a bit of backsweetening. a smidge too tart for me. Definitely a belly warmer,could feel it after tasting. also had a tiny bit of carbonation.

Next time I will DEFINITELY use a mesh bag. Thanks!

I racked my cherry melomel last week and there are some fruit bits floating around. Are these a potential problem and should I try to fish them out? Will they eventually sink to the bottom? TIA

Bubbling is almost non-existent. Checked the SG and it was 1.00. Tasted pretty dry. Is it too early to rack it off the cherries? Yeast was pitched on 8/19. I'm out of town from tomorrow til Monday night so it would have to wait til Tuesday.

Got ambitious and decided to try a mead[melomel]. Probably should have tried a 1 gallon first but already had the equipment for 5 gallon batches of beer so went with a 5 gal batch. Recipe as follows: 15 lbs Kirkland Honey[labeled Wildflower] 15 lbs tart frozen cherries,thawed 2 tsp pectic enzyme...