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update: I racked this batch today and had a taste. I really believe this is what I was striving for to get as close as I can to Possmann's Frankfurter Apfelwein. It has the tartness I am looking for and should be very good after some aging.

Okay, I got 3.5 gallons from fresh Jonathon and Macintosh apples. At first I was going to use a steam juicer to extract the juice, but I decided I did not want to over process the juice with that much heat. Instead I used a juice extractor and ran it through a fine mesh strainer. I did heat...

I tried this and got good results but very very dry. I am a huge Apfelwein fan after living in Germany for a couple of years, so although I like the way my batch turned out it seemed to be missing the tartness of Frankfurter Apfelwein. I talked with the guys at my local brew store and they...