Recent content by dirtyfrank557

So i had plenty of AJ and yeast lying around because i was planning on making a graff..then sometime after midnight last night i decided that i would just make an apfelwein. i hadn't made one in a long time and being a typical male, decided that i didn't need to check the directions. ..and i...

Thanks Ringobob, I'll try to avoid it if i can free up a carboy. I'm planning on doing the original but with Pasteur Red for yeast (red star) and maybe change up the juice slightly (maybe 1/2 - 1 gal of something else). The only significant difference fermentation wise is going to be the yeast.

i wanna make this soon, but i have no idea when i would be able to bottle it. think this would be OK for say, a month in the primary/a few months in a carboy?

i've read that its OK to make apfelwein in a bucket, but i just want to make sure its not a problem headspace-wise if i leave this for a year or so. can i just get a quick confirmation on this? thanks.

Hey guys, I'm brewing up the Sam Smith Taddy Porter clone from Austin soon. I've been brewing for awhile, but never used liquid yeast. Do I need a starter or just follow the instructions listed on the yeast? Thanks.

Hey, I'm looking to make 5 gallons of apfelwein but i'd rather not drive 40 minutes to a home brew store. What have you all had success with? How much of it did you use? I'll be using montrachet yeast. Everything else is open (using other juices, etc.). ..well almost everything. i hate the...

hey guys, so my goal here is to make something lower in ABV (i'm open to anything under 6.0%) since baseball is around the corner. i'd like to brew up something i can drink for a few hours and also i'd like to use some of the hops that aren't terribly well packaged (inc. 1/4 oz warrior hops...

anything i can do (besides actually brewing it) to avoid that? does it make a difference if i leave it outside all night (its 38 out right now) or leave it at room temp?

i've brewed (extract) before, so i understand i'll need to pitch the yeast, etc. i just have never been in this situation, so i didn't know if it'd be cool to leave it lying around for 24 hours.

sorry, that wasn't clear i'm rushing...so i've got it sitting in a fermenter (6.5 gal) that i just used just to transport it. and i've got about 6 gallons of wort. so i was thinking that i would need to use other fermenters in addition to that one. however i wasn't even thinking about the fact...

yep. it was still warm. then i had to drive about an hour to get home. not an ideal situation, but i wasn't going to pass up some free wort.

thanks a lot guys. i'm typing this out quick i probably wasn't clear..i've got it in a plastic fermenter (6.5 gal). i can use that and i've got a couple of smaller fermenters that are about 2.5 gal each.

i'm not sure of the temp but it was just collected. thanks for the quick reply.

alright, so here's my "problem" ... a local brewery gave me 6 gallons of wort. i threw it into a 6.5 gal pail with no airlock. i need to take off tonight, so i'd like to just put off figuring out the hops, etc. until tomorrow. especially since i'm probably going to have too much liquid for my...

alright, so here's my "problem" ... a local brewery gave me 6 gallons of wort. i threw it into a 6.5 gal pail with no airlock. i need to take off tonight, so i'd like to just put off figuring out the hops, etc. until tomorrow. especially since i'm probably going to have too much liquid for my...