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fretman124 said:I started what I thought was a 5 gallon carboy of apfelwine the Thursday before the Superbowl. I put it behind the couch and haven't even looked at it since. When I pulled the bottle out last night, it had magically grown into a 6 gallon carboy. It is nice and clear, tho
Now, I'll admit to being a little buzzed the night I made this. I'm also older than dirt. I know I bought 6 gallons of apple juice, but that was because the wife wanted some for drinking.
I followed the recipe, except for a couple little things. I used 2 lbs dark brown sugar and EC-1118 yeast and apparently topped up to 6 gallons. My wife said she had less than a half a gallon of apple juice to drink after my "expirment"
I'm assuming that it will come out extremely dry. I was planning on bottling this weekend. I was thinking rack it to another carboy, add some campden (how much?) then add cornsugar to sweeten it up to about 1.002. Bottle and age till summer.
OR...should I add the cornsugar (I have 1 lb) and let that ferment down to the level I want then kill it.
Will this work, or do I pour it in the compost bin and start over.
Thanks for the hep
Definately DON"T Compost it.....
I would let it finish out on its own. No camden and no extra sugar. Give it a try as is. Since you have 5 gallons, you can rack out various amounts and play with it a little.
Your next step depends on you plan to drink it, sparkling or still. Carb it like beer, 1 oz corn sugar/gal.
If you want to sweeten it I think it might be easier to use 1lb of lactose with your corn sugar at bottling and/or priming.
I don't have experience with camden tablets. If want to do that I have heard 1 or 2 tablets do the job. You may have to mix the crap out of it to get the sulfur gas out or rack once or twice to get it to gas-out. Maybe somebody else can chime in on this...