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Wow, yeah... in just the last few hours, the full top of the carboy is filled with a foamy krausen now, instead of those yeast deposits. Amazing how fast that stuff grows.

Yay... thats what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the quick reply. I can go back to eating my breakfast tacos and hopefully a beer or 3 later today :) Appreciate the quick response Revvy. My other batch looks like that pic you just posted, I guess I missed that part of the krausen forming while...

Well, as the title states, I started my Apfelwein yesterday, mid-day... and didn't notice any fermentation signs until this morning. It's slowly starting to bubble from the airlock, 1 bubble every 3-4 minutes, but there's some nasty white stuff floating on top. When should I consider aborting...

Just started the Apfelwein tonight, so we'll see how it goes over the evening. I'll let the water warm up a bit overnight. Gotta love Texas and the 80 degree days... haha. Currently living in a house where the garage air conditioning vent was sheetrocked over. Unfortunately I don't own...

Yeah, the Montrachet is in a different batch. I unfortunately don't have a stick on thermometer... only a floating one in the water. From what I've read on here, everyone says the temperature should be about 5 degrees warmer inside the carboys when actively fermenting.

My brew has been actively fermenting for the last 36 hours, but it seems that fermentation is starting to wind down, based upon the airlock activity. I've also cooled down the ambient temperature of the water its sitting in, to 57 degrees. This is a Belgian yeast strain which should be good...

Well, second brew is in the secondary fermenter I got. Brewing 5 gallons of Apfelwein based upon Edworts recipe. We'll see how it ends up!! Wife wants to hand out bottles at Christmas, but I told her it probably wont be ready by then.

Hmmm... I'm up to about 4 inches of Krausen now in the Carboy. I'm afraid it will reach the top some time today. Is that a normal amount, and if its higher than normal, is there any negative affects of too much fermentation? I've been keeping the ambient temperature of the tub its sitting in...

Alrighty. I'm gunna roll with it and see what happens. Amazing amount of krausen (sp?) on top. I figure the worst that's happened is a strong Wit... which can't be too bad ;)

If I take the FG and it's still wicked high, can I pour water in, to get the correct FG? I am using extracts, so there shouldn't be any real variation in gravity, correct?

Hmm... just measured it myself now. Looks like there's 4 1/2" from the top ring like you mentioned. Then again there's a lot of Krausen now, so it may have affected where it's sitting at now. Then again, I may be a 1/2 gallon off. Oh well, it is what it is.

Wow, wife TOLD me to go get Apple Juice and yeast today to make that Apfelwein. Excited :)

Update - I think I've made beer? Doesn't look like an infection to me... This is 12 hours after yeast was added. Airlock is bubbling happily away. Does it look low for 5 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy?? I swear I measured it correctly. Here are some other pics of me getting the...

Yeah, Hydrometer came back fine. I guess I just need to shake it a bit more. Either that or mix it in my bucket first and then poor the bucket in to the carboy. Seems like a more difficult process though. I was scared to shake the Carboy too much, since all the horror stories I read on here...

Well unfortunately the Thief that I have, is like a reverse bottle filler. So the only reading I can get is from the bottom of the carboy. I'll go check the Hydrometer now. I appreciate the help! As for the Extracts and Sugar... those were pre-measured by the brew company I ordered the...

I'm going for that delicious Apfelwein that I saw one of the Moderators touting. The wife does love some Apple Wine, so I figure it's as close as I can get ;) If I don't make SWMBO happy, I'm in trouble. I'm already taking up the spa tub with my carboy :-\

I took some other peoples advice on here and manually measured out 5 gallons and marked the carboy ahead of time. After reading some other threads on the matter, I'm assuming the concentrated wort just didn't get mixed well enough. Another thread Revvy responded to said that the active...

Im trying to RDWHAMB Fat Tire at the moment...

Yeah I just checked it three times again. Its right at 1.060 after I tried to shake the carboy. I did add all the water and check it after.. but perhaps its not mixed well enough. Do I need to make sure it's mixed better before fermentation???? How the heck do you mix it better in that...

Kind of disappointed, because I'm sure it's going to come out with way too much alcohol :(