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What about adding some small amounts of all-spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the juice? You could ferment it out with some red star champagne yeast, and then mull it before drinking. You could cold crash around 1.005 to get a bit of sweetness left. I think for a serious wassail experience you...

Very interesting read, it's funny how things haven't changed much over the years. :mug:

I'd recommend adding the pectic enzyme at room temperature before pitching your yeast; I don't use campden, but I imagine room temp would be best for it as well.

Mulled Hard Cider that I just racked out of primary; absolutely delicious.

Your post got me reading up on rotating bottles, and apparently Wine Spectator advises not to rotate the bottles at all because rotating can disturb sediment and cause premature aging. I never really thought about it like that... So, OP, maybe your wine has a better chance than I thought! I...

If it was cellared and stored on its side properly, it would have lasted a few years; I doubt it was rotated enough to keep the cork from drying out and letting oxygen in, though. It's probably shot. If I were you, I'd leave it corked and keep it sitting on display somewhere as a...

22,147.5 + 4 = 22,151.5 Man, I sure do love apfelwein!

Here's one that always bothers me: orientate instead of orient, and orientated instead of oriented.