Brewing Up Bing Apfelwein Tomorrow

WooHoo, went to the store yesterday and they had Mott's juice for $3.33 per gallon, happened to walk down the canned fruit isle and spotted this!



So here is the plan, 4 gallons of Motts, 2 lbs of Dextrose, 2 cans of bing cherries (not strained)

Couple of suggestions needed,

Will this turn out clear on its own without any additional chemicals?

Should I rack after a while?

Tyia

It will clear with enough time sitting. If you want the cherry flavor to come through I would ferment with out the cherries for about a month. Then rack onto them and let it go another month. Then rack to another carboy and let clear for 2-3 months.

I think its worth mentioning, the pic you posted is for cherries in heavy syrup. I have several cans of oregon cherries in water sitting next to me now, so I gotta ask, which did you buy? I am not sure what they include in their heavy syrup, but it almost always means at least the addition of high fructose corn syrup and possibly some preservatives. I wouldn't want to add corn syrup to my brew, but that's personal preference, but if it has preservatives you're gonna have one hell of a time getting it to ferment.

Heavy syrup, supposedly no preservatives though

Well, after fermenting 1 month, I decided to bottle. What a beautiful brew! Crystal clear with a blush color to it. Tastes wonderful! A little hot but not in a bad way. I decided to carb and bottle this batch. We will see how it is after a month of conditioning.

Gratuitous Porn

Wow that looks really really good! How dry is it?

Very dry, if your SWMBO likes chardeney, she will like this. It really needs to condition though, is a tad too hot for wifee, although I like it

That does look gorgeous, congrats Henny

How strong is the cherry presence? The color of that stuff is just beautiful.

llazy_llama said:

How strong is the cherry presence? The color of that stuff is just beautiful.

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Thanks! The cherry presence is very faint, but definitely there. I gave my neighbor a glass and she thought it tasted like unsweetened red grapes, after a few glasses, I agree.

Enjoying this MUCH more with a little age, it is SUPER good carbonated. Thanks to EdWort for the original!