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Is this a dead thread? Been a while, I just opened a bottle of my Apfelwein from about 2 years ago, been in the basement. I was under the impression that this stuff was about like my 2-week cider. Well it's better than that, just needed to sit for a while. Carbonation was good, like a wine or...

I don't know if it was "Clementine" I was hearing in my head, or something like that, I don't even know the words to that any more. Maybe I'm just up too late. Again...

Can't believe nobody jumped on that one... "Could you help me with my muscadine wine?" "Sure, lemme grab a glass and I'll be right there!" :inbottle:

In the bottles in the basement they been sit-tin all this time. Done forgot they were a down there gotta try my Apfelwein! If you sang that you're a folk song genius. Or just really old. I put two more batches away as well, have only tried the first one (too soon), not bad, tasted kinda like...

Let me know if I over-post! A couple weeks ago, actually the bottle's empty, will fill later. I had a Dunkelweizen and a brat with red cabbage and potato salad.

An old wiretop and some HB ale...

I've been lax in my posting duties, so here goes... Found some old bottles, 6 pack carriers and labels I forgot about. This was a good one, should try to find it again.

My ginger beer. Never tried making that before. Store was out of whole ginger so I used 2 bottles (4 oz) of ground ginger, WOW this stuff is hot / spicy! A pound of brown sugar and some scavenged trappist ale yeast in a 1 gallon batch. Oh yeah juice of 1/2 lemon. I will do it again but will try...

Bottled first batch, cleared up pretty good. A little tart, a little sweet from the priming sugar. I'll leave it alone as long as I can. That shouldn't be too hard, I have a 2-hearted IPA clone that I forgot all about, 2 weeks plus, turned out pretty good.

I'll try almost any stout, had this at their brewpub on Valentia St, tasty, good balance. Not really spicy but gives a warm feeling after you swallow it. Small friendly neighborhood bar kinda place. Yeah I tried a Dragon's Milk, didn't realize it was a white stout (canned), didn't know there...

Thanks, yeah it was still pretty sweet, probly needs some time in the box.

Reading "Man I love Apfelwein", up to post 10,088, might be on-topic here. Could be specific to the particular yeast which I assume to be Montrachet...

Citra huh, thanks for the warning!

Tried an Old Ale that's been in the bottles for 20 days, it said "pfffft" when I opened it but otherwise shows NO EVIDENCE of carbonation. Oh well, old ales should be flat I guess...

Agree, I want some CO2 in there ASAP! A batch of wort is like a giant starter. No kegs (yet?) but considered getting a CO2 bottle for purging fermenters.

Yep, I found a packet of tuna in the cupboard, 5 years out of "best by" date, it was fine! Shared with the kitties....

Interesting, I will study the "similar threads" as well. Most of my experience is with ale yeasts. I assumed yeast would multiply in a starter, but when I simply pitch them it works. Main reason I started using starters was to see if they were still alive. I also have yeast banks in freezer and...

Yeah "Saddles" is killer! Still cracks me up. I'm thinkin' he has plenty of yeast still floatin' around, if it hasn't finished out they should start back up, and there will be kajillions of 'em in a couple days.

PS I'm cheap, a starter multiplies each packet, save that other one for another batch!

I read here somewhere that a SG of 1.040 was good but I'm not that exact & I like a small starter, maybe to not dilute my awesome wort? 😏 Have been adding 1/2 or 1/3 cup DME to 600 or so ml of water, seems to work. Also 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient. I finally got an erlenmeyer flask so at least I...