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reminds me of one of the posts I came across earlier in this thread... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/index482.html#post1266574

FYI, I think that the airlock actually will fit (I had to call my brother with the same issue my first time). The carboy cap openings are made small on purpose to keep the seal air tight. For this reason it is a little difficult to place the airlock in the first time, but the rubber does...

If you check the first page it says "The end result is a crisp, dry, refreshing Apfelwein at 8.5% abv that rocks on hot summer days"

I haven't tried it yet, but I don't think apfelwein would be so wildly popular if it tasted like listerine. That said, if you already have that flavor in you yeast cake I would toss it and pay the 99 cents for fresh yeast.

If I cold condition my beer for a few days before a big get together is it fine to take the beer that wasn't drunk and place it back in the closet to continue aging, or do I need to keep it refrigerated once I start cold conditioning it? Also, is two days long enough to keep chill fairly...

I wouldn't say trying Mr. Beer is dumb. For $15 you get to test out home brewing and have the confidence to fork over the money for your first real kit. That said, paying for 4 additional recipe kits may have been a dumb move for me since I upgraded after making my second one. At least the...

I am getting ready to start a second batch now that I'm going to have a spare carboy. Anyone know if cider vs apple juice has much difference in the finished product? I have seen lots of posts on people doing this, but none comparing the end result.

I have never really noticed the bubbling in Mr. Beer, and it's always turned out fine. Do you have it on the floor of your basement, because that will be even colder than the rest of the basement. I would just assume that it's fine and try one in a couple weeks.

I'm not going to taste mine until I have a second one started (and if I can help it not until the fall).

It's amazing how much difference a quotation mark can make! :D

Thanks for the advice. I am probably going to wait an extra week in that case (if nothing else it will pack the sediment better leave me with a cleaner beer). On that note, I noticed that my first bottled batch of homebrew has sediment on the bottom of the bottles. A quick search told me that...

I am in the same boat. I saw a Mr. Beer on Woot.com over the summer and thought I'd see how I liked brewing beer (My brother has been telling me for a while how much he enjoys it, but the price made me hesitant to buy a real kit just to try it out once). I ended up enjoying it and got my real...

I have only been brewing since Christmas. I just made HR Caribbean Stout from Austin Homebrew and noticed that it says 5-7 days in the primary and 5-7 days in the secondary. Everything I have seen has said 2 weeks in the secondary so I am wondering if the time in the secondary fermenter...

The last batch I made has no head (The Witty Monk Witbier). I'm not sure if I needed to use more carbonation tablets in each bottle or just let it sit longer. It tastes fine though. Any thoughts?

As someone who upgraded from Mr. Beer over Christmas, I do think that it's the way to go.

You should be able to make you own, though I don't have enough experience to offer advice with that.

Everything I've read says go ahead and leave it in the primary for as long as you can (I'm not planning to bottle until August, then drinking in October)

I have one batch and will start a second batch the next time I see apple juice on sale. I would say just leave it in the carboy until you round up the bottles you need.

It's been in the secondary for two and a half weeks. I didn't take a starting gravity reading (at the time I thought the purpose was to determine the exact amount of alcohol in the beer, which didn't concern me. I didn't find out until later that it was for more than that).

I'm getting ready to bottle my beer tonight and I noticed that at the top of my secondary carboy there are a bunch of small white dots with tiny air bubbles around them. This is my first batch, so I don't know if this something normal like a little left over yeast or if it's something evil that...