Apple wine fermentation question

Hey guys,

I just started my first batch of wine according to Edwort's apple wine recipe on this forum. I did everything to his specifications, so I'm confident nothing was overlooked. However, I am a bit worried about the bubbling. Because I haven't seen any pictures between beginning and ending, I am a bit concerned that mine is bubbling too much.

The picture below is just 15 hours after i sealed it:


Is this too much? Should I be worried? I'm sure you guys get tons of questions like this but I'm not sure where else to ask.

Is it in the airlock there? How high did you fill it initially?

D'oh, misread. Thought you said it wasn't bubbling - that looks very close to being a big mess.

I had a pretty gnarly fermentation when I did it. Your close to having a big mess

What type of apple juice did you use? store bought or fresh pressed? I found my first batch of apfelwein that I used store bought juice didn't do much and just bubbled away. The fresh pressed apple juice was bubbling out the airlock and over my walls!

I left the same space in both similar to edwort's pictures. Looks like you'll need to take a bit out. Take a look at the picture in edwort's apfelwein post for an idea on space.

I filled it like halfway up the tube (whatever it's called), this is in my closet, should I remove it? Everyone says it's close to being a mess, is that just saying I'm just short of a huge disaster, or is that more of a hint that I should remove this before it explodes?

@ BearPusher, I used mott's apple juice

There is no head space? You are going to have a HUGE mess. Take the cap off, drain a tiny bit off, swap out the airlock for a blowoff give. It is going to get messy, and it is going to get messy fast. You might also want to put it in a bathtub or something too.

I don't know what a blowoff give is. But I guess I will drain it until it looks like it's in the picture then reapply the airlock, is that a good enough solution?

That's what I had to do with my second batch. Take a bit out, re-sanitize the airlock and you're good to go.

Thanks BearPusher. I just emptied it and now it's like how Edwort has it in his pictures.

Thanks guys! You really saved me a lot of trouble.

Thanks BearPusher. I just took out a bit, and now its filled similar to Edwort's pictures, I resanitized the airlock and hopefully it'll be smooth sailing from here.

And thanks to everyone else, you guys definitely saved me from a very bad situation