airdusters said:Has anyone made apfelwein with a Hefeweizen or Saison yeast?
RIBeer said:Apfelwein Score! I just found 6 150ml bottles from a batch I made 3 years ago. Gonna have to find a reason to open one soon!!
erockanderson said:I started a 6.5 gallon batch of this on 05/01/11 with 2 pounds dextrose and 1 pound honey. It's been 10 days and all visible signs of fermentation have stopped. At first it was going like gangbusters, but now nothing. This is my first attempt at something other than beer and I was wondering if this is normal. I'll get a gravity reading as soon as I get a new hydrometer (broke the last one). Also I used WLP720 yeast on this.
Thanks for any opinions,
Eric
My wife seems to differ then we have people over out of the blue and I win the day from my stash!See thats what i need to convice swmbo to let me do. Right now I only have two buckets for apfelwein, but when i empty one i make a new batch, so i have a pretty constant rotation going on for the most part. But you can never have too much booze on standby
Recluse said:There should still be enough yeast in there to carb. I like 1 oz (by weight) per gallon, but if you really want a light carbonation, use less. Do whatever you would do for beer. Typically beer carbs with 3/4 cup priming sugar for 5 gallons (about 4 oz by weight) if that gives you any indication of what to expect.
Since buying a nice little kitchen scale, I always go by weight and generally use 1 oz/gallon for beer as well. I figure that over-carbonated stuff will lose fizz in the glass to your taste, but there isn't much that can be done (except kegging or using one of those soda things) to fix UNDER carbonation.
You think even after 3 months there would still be enough yeast in suspension? I keep meaning to buy a new digital kitchen scale.
Well, just drank my first wine bottle of this stuff last night. Tastes almost like a chardonnay or chardonel right now. It did hit me like a ton of bricks as stated. I ended up passing out on the living room floor last night (the 23 beers we sampled beforehand might of had something to do with that as well) and waking up at 7 am this morning for work was no fun.
Edwort you are a M*****F'er, but man it was delicious :rockin:
gunnieyehoshua said:I started a 3 gallon batch 4/9, racked 4/29, and bottled 5/13... My wife and I have been enjoying it all week, and even used a sixer as a bargaining chip at work! Thanks Ed!
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