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I think I read earlier that from concentrate turns out fine. I assume starting with a tastier juice gives you a tastier apfelwein, but that after the fermentation process the difference will be much smaller than with the original juice..

I am guessing it's fine. Think of it like this, the gas that was bubbling up the last 4 weeks is what was in the air at the top of the bucket (and that's a lot more room than the empty space in the carboy). Normally you would have far less gas in a carboy, but I doubt it will harm anything.

1. It takes less than 30 minutes to make (basically the time to let your sanitizing solution to soak and to boil 4 cups of water ). They say you can drink it in as little as two weeks, but the beer will taste much better if you let it sit in the bottle for 3-4 weeks (or longer if you have the...

Sediment? I thought Apfelwein didn't really produce sediment. I wonder if it's your yeast or my bad memory. Either way, I'm not going back 600 pages to figure it out ;) Mine stopped it's constant bubbling after about three weeks, but with your yeast, sugar, and temp differences I am not...

Thanks for the advice everyone. My second racking attempt went very well and I transfered almost all the beer and left most of the ... garbage (can't think of the real name right now) in the primary.

Since Mr. Beer is one stage fermentation do I need to bottle after two weeks, or can I go a few weeks longer in the fermentor and be just as good? (I want to make more this weekend, but my bottles are just starting their two week cold conditiong before I drink them.

Same problem, have to pay for shipping.

This is what it says on the first post

Midwest is what I've been using (I just started, so none of my beer is ready to drink yet). They seem to have a far larger variety then Brewers Best, but I have to pay for shipping with them. My real concern is that Brewers Best may be lower quality.

I recently found that I had an LHBS fairly close to me, but their kits are fairly expensive (Brewers Best). Even factoring shipping the midwest kits often are cheaper. Does anyone know if there is a quality difference between these two brands?

five gallons.... not sure what qualifies as a large/full boil, but that would explain the difference.

I just did my first racking last week and lost a good half gallon in the process.

I just put my second batch of beer in the primary. To cool the wart this time I put a bag of ice in the singe, put my pot on top of the ice, then poured a second bag of ice around the pot. I then filled the sink with water and added salt to chill it faster. I came back after 15 minutes and it...

when you reuse those bottles do you need to replace the cap, or are they good for multiple uses?

That's what my brother told me to try next time. I may also upgrade my yeast in future batches, I figure it wasn't worth worrying about my first few times.

Out of curiosity, what are people doing with their Mr. Beer after they upgrade to a full home brew kit? I was thinking since it has a smaller size and comes with plastic bottles it might ideal to make soda in.

I tried that, but only after I started getting the yeast kicked up. I'll try it sooner next time (or at the very start)

I used Munton's dry yeast

I moved it about 30 minutes in advance (giving me time to open a beer, sanatize, and review the instructions). I was going off of this video for how much waste I should have had (skip to about 5:15). I had WAY more than that wasted. I would try leaving it in the primary and cold...

I just finished my transfering my first batch of home brew to the secondary carboy. I followed the instructions and stopped siphoning when it started stirring up "white yeast eddies", but I feel that I left way too much beer in the primary (maybe a half gallon). I thought about trying for...