Recent content by nardonir

OK. I just want it a little bit sweet... You think two cans of frozen concentrate? BTW I am drinking the last of my 18 month old stout to make room for the keg'o'apfelwein in the kegerator --- SAD DAY! Thanks again :tank:

Alrighty then, I am kegging my first Apfelwein tonight and everything has gone perfect to this point. I tasted it when I sampled for my hydrometer reading and it tasted great. I know the crowd that I am going to serve it to will like it quite sweeter than it is. I have read the talk of...

Sam's Club has an awesome 6 gallon stainless pot that I use for full boils. It was about $45. Weighs a ton. Boils great and cools quickly in a bath tub... Later! :tank:

Let her sit. She'll be better in a few months... :tank:

Use the glass carboy for your primary next time. Rock the hell out of the carboy to aerate. Be patient... And yes, I actually hooked up a webcam to my first few brews to watch it at work. Also, you dont have to boil so hard. You just want to see a little motion in the wort, not vigorous...

Thats what I figured, thanks... Also, should this be in the dark?

I threw together my first apfelwein this weekend. Started the yeast in a mix of juice and the rehydration water. Got very active fermentation one day later. Smelled good at first but now it smells like something crawled in the fermenter and died. Normal? :tank:

will the fruit really rot if it is never exposed to oxygen? I had fruit sitting in mead during secondary fermentation for months. After bottling and aging for a year, it tasted fine. I did notice that the peaches looked the nastiest of all the different fruits that I used. I also used frozen...

At what point did you taste? You said unfermented leading me to believe you tasted before dumping into the primary... :mug:

Here's the flavoring: http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=16743 and here's a descent wheat to use as a base: http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18328 Add the flavoring to the bottling bucket if bottling ar just drop in the keg if kegging. :mug:

Have patience, grasshopper!!! It will be fine... :rockin:

Believe it or not this cheap clip does the job well: http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18866 I use a racking cane and this keeps a lot of the unwanted crap out of my kegs... :mug:

Let her go! When she slows to once a minute or so, rack... Has all the yeast settled to the bottom or is there still some floating around? :mug:

This is turning out to be one hell of an experiment. I am curious to find out the final result. :mug:

Sam's Club!