dunnright00
Well-Known Member
Ok so I made the basic Apfelwein recipe, and at bottling I added corn sugar for carb as well as back sweetened with lactose. It's been almost 2 months in the bottle and they are still not hardly carbonated at all. They have been conditioning in my garage at a pretty constant 65-70 degree temp.
Here's the weird part. The first couple I tried a few weeks ago had been in the fridge for a week or more. They were real flat and I realized that was because I didn't let them condition long enough before I chilled them. so a couple days later I tried one that had not been in the fridge. Perfect! Nice and sparkly, starting to get a nice apple flavor instead of the dry wine flavor.
But that was it. I've tried at least three more since then and they all are still flat and very dry.
What happened to that one that made it so good? They are all in the same crate in the same part of the garage. Weird.
I'm going to wait until next week at the 2 month mark before I try another.
Here's the weird part. The first couple I tried a few weeks ago had been in the fridge for a week or more. They were real flat and I realized that was because I didn't let them condition long enough before I chilled them. so a couple days later I tried one that had not been in the fridge. Perfect! Nice and sparkly, starting to get a nice apple flavor instead of the dry wine flavor.
But that was it. I've tried at least three more since then and they all are still flat and very dry.
What happened to that one that made it so good? They are all in the same crate in the same part of the garage. Weird.
I'm going to wait until next week at the 2 month mark before I try another.