Ok with out reading all the 8000+ post can you use frozen apple juice concentrate instead of juice.
Ok with out reading all the 8000+ post can you use frozen apple juice concentrate instead of juice.
Mixed my first batch on Saturday using the original recipe with Montrachet yeast and active fermentation, thousands of little bubbles, is in full force today. Seems I topped off my 5 gallon carboy a bit too much as it was starting to bubble into my airlock this evening. Good thing I checked or I would have had a mess on my hands! Looking forward to aging this a while and I plan to carbonate. My mother is gluten sensitive so I'm excited for my first "brew" that she can drink. Thanks for the recipe, Ed!
Ok. I'll add some star san. Thanks.
Any idea why fermentation is so active? I seem from the last poster that it's not just me. his sounds just like mine. But the original post says that you don't need headspace as it won't make krausen.
Also, once the fermentation calms down a bit I assume I should pull the blowout tube and put the airlock back on?
what yeast did you use? What sugar?
The original recipe is based off corn sugar (Dexatrose) and Montrachet yeast. Changing the yeast or sugar will affect how active it is. For example I have two batches using nottingham and brown sugar, and they require a blow off tube. Ed's original never does.
what yeast did you use? What sugar?
The original recipe is based off corn sugar (Dexatrose) and Montrachet yeast. Changing the yeast or sugar will affect how active it is. For example I have two batches using nottingham and brown sugar, and they require a blow off tube. Ed's original never does.
On an different note, is a slight sulfur/rotten egg smell normal in the early stages of fermentation?
Dissolve 5 oz. of corn sugar in warm water and rack the apfelwein on top of it in your bottling bucket. Bottle as normal and bottle condition for 3 weeks @ 70 degrees.
Or keg it and force carb it.
Cheers!!
Yep, it is. It can be avoided by adding yeast nutrient. It should start to dissipate before to long. Looking back at my notes, I had Rhino Farts a couple of days in and they were gone after like 7 days. It wasn't that bad. I'd imagine if you aerate really well and get the yeast going, it isn't that bad. If I had never sniffed the airlock I wouldn't have noticed.
SteveHoward said:My experience thus far is that it bubbles up and sometimes into the airlock after maybe 36 - 48 hours. It only does this for a few hours then stops very suddenly and doesn't bubble up like that again during fermentation. Hopefully, it stops like that for you, too.
Athos56 said:Started some a few days ago. I got a gallon of 100% preservative free, not from concentrate apple juice. I poured ~3/4 of it into my 1g glass jug. I then added 2 cans of 100% frozen apple juice concentrate. My OG was around the 1.09 range. I used the regular Red Star montrachet yeast and a tsp of DAP. Its happily bubbling away. Can't Wait it should be done by the time my first son is born!
My wife blamed me my first batch.Thanks for the info. I tried to let it go, but it kept bubbling up so I used a sanitized wine thief to pull a little volume to give it some head space and it's fine now. On another note, my wife is a bit disappointed that I didn't warn her about the odor and it is upon us!
smagee said:This isn't entirely accurate; I've done several "EdWort Classic" versions as well as modified ones, and I've had Montrachet require a blowoff once or twice. Not really often, but periodically it just decides to ferment differently for me.
Standard Ale yeasts are more likely to require blowoff tubes, but the champagne ones can on rare occasions as well. Meanwhile, my current batch didn't require one at all (although the bubbler did *start* to fill) and it was on S-33.
nukinfuts29 said:Must have been some good packets or something. In around 60 gallons i havent needed a BOT yet for Montrachet
Does this give anyone else headaches? On the weekend I was drinking some homebrew (not a lot really, just a 6-er), and I followed it up with a glass of apfelwein. Did the usual chug some water before bed, but I still woke up with a rockin' headache.
That's the third time this has happened to me.
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