my rendition of EdWorts apfelwein

[ctufano]

I bought a 1 gallon jug of tree top 100% apple juice, a packet of nottingham yeast, and ended up with regular pure cane sugar, around 1 cup worth. I couldnt find corn sugar at walmart or kroger, and didnt think to ask at the LHBS since I had read its pretty easy to come by (not in my parts apparently!)

Starting gravity was around 1.068. I didnt thief a sample, so instead sanitized the hydrometer and dropped into the gallon carboy

Heres a pic. Having trouble keeping stopper in... For whatever reason I have a feeling this is going to end up souring and getting infected, but, least its only a 1 gallon batch!

Next to it is my cream stout thats just about at 1 week in primary.

 

[Edcculus]

Should turn out fine! If the stopper is giving you trouble, just replace it with sanitized foil. I do that for a lot of my beers and ciders. FWIW, 1 packet of yeast in 1 gallon is a lot of yeast. Make sure you cold crash that sucker before bottling or else you will end up with 2 metric tons of yeast at the bottom of your bottles!

 

[ctufano]

haha amen! def planning on a cold crash I poured half in and stopped... and though eh.. what the hell

I think the stopper is workin alright now. Dried off with a papertowel. Checked this mornin, have some bubbles comin up, no krausen (dunno if I should or not eventually)

We shall see!

 

[Edcculus]

You normally won't see much or any of a krausen on ciders.

 

[TheOutcider]

You normally won't see much or any of a krausen on ciders.

what is krauen?

 

[Pappers_]

what is krauen?

The bubbles and foam at the top of fermenting beer (and cider, sometimes).