madewithchicken
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For full details about apfelwein see:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/
This is not a new idea at all and i do not take credit for it. But I thought it should get it's own thread. If you are having issues finding preservative free apple juice for your apfelwein take a look in the frozen section.
Frozen apple juice concentrate is great for apfelwein. And it is a little cheaper in my case. A 12oz can makes 48oz of apple juice. that means 13.3 cans per 5 gallon batch. (That is 16 even for a 6 gallon batch which usually works out in most fermentors.)
Sometimes my local grocery has them on sale for $0.79 each (regular is less than $1.) That is $11 for the juice part.
At the same store a half gallon of juice is $2 or more.
Frozen cans are easy to store and take up little space in the freezer. I stock up when they go on sale.
**EDIT**
Make sure your apple juice is close to room temp before pitching yeast. Not sure what would happen if you still have half frozen chunks of frozen concentrate in there.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/
This is not a new idea at all and i do not take credit for it. But I thought it should get it's own thread. If you are having issues finding preservative free apple juice for your apfelwein take a look in the frozen section.
Frozen apple juice concentrate is great for apfelwein. And it is a little cheaper in my case. A 12oz can makes 48oz of apple juice. that means 13.3 cans per 5 gallon batch. (That is 16 even for a 6 gallon batch which usually works out in most fermentors.)
Sometimes my local grocery has them on sale for $0.79 each (regular is less than $1.) That is $11 for the juice part.
At the same store a half gallon of juice is $2 or more.
Frozen cans are easy to store and take up little space in the freezer. I stock up when they go on sale.
**EDIT**
Make sure your apple juice is close to room temp before pitching yeast. Not sure what would happen if you still have half frozen chunks of frozen concentrate in there.