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This recipe sounds really good. Also, I'm not a big fireball whiskey fan, but if you guys haven't tried it already, add a shot to your next glass of cider you drink. "It tastes like Reniassance Festival". Adds a nice spiced flavor and compliments hard cider very well.

Yep, it's about that time to make me some more of this recipe! Hope you all have enjoyed it as much as I have.

Figured I'd come back in and re-visit this thread. I bottled my first batch of Apfelwein on 12/19/13. I still have a handful of bottles left and I still crack one open every once in a while. This stuff drinks like non-alcoholic light apple juice at this point. Goes down like water. I still...

Almost forgot.. 1 gallon of Cyser 1526 + 1 = 1527

1 gallon Traditional 1 gallon Dark Cherry Melomel 1524 + 2 = 1526

Hello everyone. Been a long time since i've posted here. Been brewing alot of beer lately and have done very little wine, mead or cider. Switched gears this past weekend and put together a few new mead batches i've not yet done before. Figured i'd share with my favorite homebrew site :mug...

In my experience most wines will be clear at the 3-4 month mark. I like to let my wines bulk age in the carboy for around 5 months or more before bottling and they are normally crystal clear by then.

No problem. Enjoy! :mug:

Some pics from beginning to delicious end: Notice the airlock was fitted first... Bad choice.. lol Racking into gallon carboy and then the rest into my keg.. Finished product in all it's delicious glory: Enjoy

This recipe I got from a buddy who loves it and highly recommended it. I can't take credit for it. If you have a kegerator, this is the easy and delicious recipe for you. This could also be bottled and pasteurized for carbed sweetness. Taste is crisp apple with a touch of cranberry sweetness...

I just tasted my finished batch of hard cider with nottingham ale yeast. VERY happy with the result. Plus, it was crystal clear in about 5 weeks. Great flocculation with this yeast for me.

Very good point. Didn't think about that! Excellent idea! I'm probably worrying too much about it. But I might do this just out of curiosity. Thanks!

Easy clean i just a sanitizer, not a cleaner. Try out some PBW cleaner. Soak it, rinse it, then sanitize it. How long are you letting it sit in the primary before racking to secondary or bottling? Are you topping up with anything?

So this past weekend, I racked my 5 gal batch of cider into my keg on top of poorly crushed campden tablets and potassium sorbate, in order to backsweeten it before I hook it up to CO2. I'm not sure why but I decided it would be fine to poorly crush the tablets and toss it in the keg...

Served a couple bottles of my first apfelwein the other day at my daughter's first bday party. Just about a year old. Everyone loved this stuff. It was great just a few months after bottling it. But a year later? Fantastic. Refreshing on a hot summer day served cold. Apfelwein inspired me to...