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Granted. Unfortunately it was the last week of your life. I wish a clean, cheap, unlimited source of energy is invented, and distributed.

I'm sure that is how monks used to brew beer hundreds of years ago. Seriously, some people should be banned from owning a recording device. :eek:

Thank you, hat is probably the case, it is just strange that there is no mentioning of that on the package. Sorry for the bad quality, my cellphone doesn't do nice close up pics.

This is the first time trying to cork. I bought a corker and some corks, and then I started to think about sanitation. How do I prepare the corks? I goggled the subject but all I could find is, steam them or soak them in sanitizing solution. On the package of the corks I bought it...

Thanks for all your help. I will give it a try and see hot it works. Hybrid3y3, that is a fine looking mash turn you got there. Theredben, the funny thing is,whenever I go to Dan's Dan himself is never there.

Hi, I'm am interested to try my first all grain batch. My LHBS has a plastic mash turn that basically consist of a fermentation bucket, false bottom, and the drain fitting, for only $24,-. I can't imagine keeping the temperature constant is possible in a plastic bucket?! What do...

Hi, After dumping my first batch because the nasty taste it developed, I am giving an other try on making Apfelwein. I went to my LHBS today and the only white wine yeast they had was Lvalin D47. I also picked up some clear apple juice this time instead of cider. I searched the web about the...

By last year I mean 2010 I rehydrated the yeast and it looked and smelled ok. I don't know what went wrong but I will try again.

I made a batch of Apfelwein on Dec 07 last year. I used cider and Nottingham yeast. Unfortunately the wine never cleared and it is still almost as murky as it was on day 1. I racked it two weeks ago and added bentonite to try to get it clear, it didn't help. I also tasted it, it has...

Granted, but the incredible complexity of a female psyche would drive you mad, therefore you would have to spend the rest of your life in psychiatric ward strapped to a bed. I wish NASA announces they have found microbial life on mars.

Thank you for the reply Rossnaree. I put the Hydro sample in the fridge to see if cold crushing would help, but as of now it is just as cloudy as it was. Hence another question; If I use bentonite do I have to rack it again right after it clears or can it sit like that for a few months...

Thank you for your advice. I was thinking of cold crushing once my fermentation chamber/refrigerator is available. What do you think if I ad bentonite clay before cold crushing it? Would that help? The funny thing is that the test batch I did cleared nicely by itself. Perhaps because I...

I finally put some time aside, and making it right now. Now just the hardest part left; waiting 2 months!!!

I just used dextrose as the recipe calls for it, but I used unfiltered juice. It will probably take wile to clear. As for now, I'll just put it away and forget about it for a few months.

I racked it today, and it has finished at 0.996. It tastes good already. I will just bulk age it for a few months and hope it will clear.

Do you leave it in room temperature or move it to a cooler place?

Some background to my question: I made the Apfelwein using unfiltered pasteurized apple juice and Nottingham ale yeast on Dec 07 2010. Other than that I followed the recipe. I also did a small test batch in a mason jar 2 week before that, just to test it. The test batch smelled great...

Thank you for the suggestions. I will try and clean it again using the above mentioned cleaners.