spitfire
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I plan to make a 5 gallon batch as my first brew hopefully this weekend. I don't plan to carb mine but bottle it in wine bottles or flip top bottles and add 7up to it if I want to. It doesn't have to be carbed right?
It doesn't have to be carbed right?
We used organic juice from Whole Foods (not intentionally organic, we just wanted the 1 gallon glass jugs for other evil experiments). Since the juice was really hazy to begin with should we expect it to clear as if we were using regular apple juice?
We used organic juice from Whole Foods (not intentionally organic, we just wanted the 1 gallon glass jugs for other evil experiments). Since the juice was really hazy to begin with should we expect it to clear as if we were using regular apple juice?
Mines almost 3 weeks in and it hasn't even remotely cleared. I don't think it will without the use of some kind of clarifier... gelatin, etc.
Yes baby!! Just pulled a sample to take a gravity reading, .990. Smells Soooooo good! Like a champagne. Effervescent is a word that comes to mind. Not clear yet as this is the natural stuff but I am letting it sit to settle as we type so that I can rack it to a keg and carb it. The I will put the keg in the freezer with the temp control unit pulled down to the 30's. I will let it sit, recarbing daily at 12 psi until the weekend.
My question, I was going to transfer to wine bottles (magnums, 1500 mls) but wondered about the cork popping out?? i have some 1/2 gallon growlers and some 16 oz flip tops I can put it in also. What say you?
Are you trying to bottle this carbed or uncarbed?
Uncarbed then you need to rack and defizz then you can bottle in wine bottles (this is how you do it with any wine).
Carbed then you can NOT use wine bottles! Pressure capable bottles only!!
Is there any reason I couldn't use this to brew my Apfelwein? In the triangle on the bottom is has #2 so that means food safe right? If I can use it, is there anything I should do to it besides sanatize it? Like should I drill a hole in the lid, and a grommet so I can ad an airlock?
Yes, don't make yourself a bomb.If I were to use the one I posted, would I need to drill a hole in the lid for the airlock?
You might be able to get away with keeping the vent cap a little loose, but otherwise, yes.
As far as Pet bottles at Wal-Mart.... Wal Mart does local water contracts so they will vary by location. Here they are 7's.
Home Depot carries Culligan water bottles that are #1. They are only $6 too, nice price.
Has anyone asked Ed why the Montrachet yeast?
Was that the one sitting in the fridge?
You gotta watch the cullingan bottles, some are #1 and some are #7. I don't know if they are in the process of a changeover, or if they just have mixed inventory. I have noted that their "purified" water always seems to be in #1 bottles and their Spring water is most often #7 with the occaisional #1 mixed in. HD sells the Spring water, but there is a Culligan warehouse just down the road from me that sells several water types (distilled, spring purified and RO) in 3 gallon and 5 gallon.
... I know I can use brown sugar instead but can you buy corn sugar at the grocery store? Is it called something else at the store?
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