orangeandblue302
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Do most of you guys use beer bottle or wine bottles when bottling you Apfelwein?
Just wondering what the general consensuses is.
Just wondering what the general consensuses is.
Mine's carbonated as well, so either Grolsch or Fischer swingtops, or this past batch i did in champagne bottles capped with normal crown caps using a bench capper. Much less bottles to use as they're 1.5L..so less time bottling.
Anyone keg it?
I have 5 gal going right now for my wedding and was planning in serving it on tap.
Anyone keg it?
I have 5 gal going right now for my wedding and was planning in serving it on tap.
Hey Guys,
I am going to start a batch of Apfelwein soon (probably this weekend). I am trying to get prepared here.
Is it okay to bottle the apfelwein and not carbonate it? The only hard cider that I have ever had bottled has been woodchuck. I don't think the woodchuck was carbonated so I was going to try and mimick that. I am confused because normally you would bottle to allow carbonation to build up. Also if I am not going to get any carbonation should I not use bottle caps and maybe use the swing top?
I would really appreciate your help with my dilemma. Thanks so much.
How would I carbonate only half of the batch? Would I bottle 24 still then add in some priming sugar into my bucket for the remaining 24? Thanks
Some in champagne bottles, some in beer bottles. The stuff I left still I put into sanitized wine bottles and jammed a cork in there without even using a corker.
I've got access to wine bottles and I thought I'd use them for making apfelwein Christmas gifts. I've never corked before. I'd like to do some of the apfelwein carbed, could I cork carbed apfelwein or would the corks just blow out?
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