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I have plums falling off the tree too. What's a good yeast to use for plum wine? Also, is it a good or bad idea to press the plums in my apple press and just use juice, as opposed to chopping and putting in boiling water?

Five more over here. 24,648 + 5 = 24,653

5 more, bubbling away. 1360 + 5 = 1365

Thank you! It'll be good to have a free carboy sooner than later.

So we pressed 2 gallons of fresh cider two days ago. Added Campden tablets to it, and it's been sitting in a carboy this whole time. Now we have three more gallons of fresh cider (and some very sore arms). That's in a separate carboy, freshly Campden'd just moments ago. Can we combine the...

dmcl700: It's working! Airlock is bubbling and the pre-pee is moving. :ban:

My apfelwein had been sitting for 11 weeks. I don't know yet if it worked; it's only been a day since I pitched it. But I'm hoping it will.

I used corks. How about you? Vertical or horizontal?

Finally bottled the batch I had started on 6/22. It looked clear in the carboy but got cloudy in the bottles, hope that settles out. Do you folks store still apfelwein bottles on their sides, or standing up?

OK, I'm going to bottle the Apfelwein tonight, and the first stage of the Skeeter Pee has been sitting with its towel on for two days, with occasional whipping to release the sulfur stinkies. I was planning to add the yeasty slurry from the apfelwein to the bucket the Pee is in. Question for...

Resurrecting this old thread to ask a question: On the McMaster website, they have a chart showing the different uses for different types of o-rings: http://www.mcmaster.com/#o-rings/=ihx19n (might have to click on "General Properties of O-Ring Materials" to get the table). In the Buna-N...

plus 5 more = 23,291

Hi all! I have read at least 3/4 of this thread, I think, and have two questions. 1. A lot of people said they were doing batches with only one pound of sugar or dextrose, but I couldn't find any follow-up posts where they reported the results. How did those come out, taste-wise? Any idea of...