zachatola
Well-Known Member
So i just bottled my first batch of apfelwein on Wed, it went well, i ponied up and got a bench top capper to try to speed things up a bit as well as allow me to use whatever bottles i could get my hands on. So now that im done bottling i have some questions since im green to this whole process, and i hope im doing it right.
Now that ive bottled using 3/4 cup corn sugar and 1.5 cups of water boiled ~10 min, and placed into my bottling bucket, apfelwein racked onto the solution and then stired lightly with a large spoon to ensure even mixing of sugars and apfelwein.
Bottled 51 bottles and capped all using my new capper and sanitized caps, question comes now that im done bottling, i have some green bottles since im bottling apfelwein (no hops = no skunk beer) but when i look into the bottles i see next to nothing.
ive drank a couple of naturally carbed beers and there is always sediment at the bottom. ive always assumed that was the yeast and what not, well i have NOTHING in my apfelwein. Is there even enough yeast in suspension to do the carbing? It looks very clear, and i see nothing to settle out.... did i mess this up? Should i see stuff (yeast or whatever) in my beer?
On a side note, do you guys sanitize your caps with star san, or does the acid cause issues with the metal caps? I used onestep for the lids cause i wasnt too sure, but star san for everything else.
Now that ive bottled using 3/4 cup corn sugar and 1.5 cups of water boiled ~10 min, and placed into my bottling bucket, apfelwein racked onto the solution and then stired lightly with a large spoon to ensure even mixing of sugars and apfelwein.
Bottled 51 bottles and capped all using my new capper and sanitized caps, question comes now that im done bottling, i have some green bottles since im bottling apfelwein (no hops = no skunk beer) but when i look into the bottles i see next to nothing.
ive drank a couple of naturally carbed beers and there is always sediment at the bottom. ive always assumed that was the yeast and what not, well i have NOTHING in my apfelwein. Is there even enough yeast in suspension to do the carbing? It looks very clear, and i see nothing to settle out.... did i mess this up? Should i see stuff (yeast or whatever) in my beer?
On a side note, do you guys sanitize your caps with star san, or does the acid cause issues with the metal caps? I used onestep for the lids cause i wasnt too sure, but star san for everything else.