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I was always careful when I racked,and never gave the batch a good whip,guess I should have gave it a good degass before bottling.Thanks for all the help Ill get this figured out....eventually.

Im not not sure of the amounts right off hand,but what I used was sorbate and cambden no sulfites.

No I havent taken another grav reading,tonight Ill uncork what I have left and transfer to a secondary and airlock ILL take one then,it is weird it looks beautiful in the bottle but when I pop the top it starts at the bottom like a hard boil,if my grav reading is high could I drop some potasium...

No I didnt backsweeten,last night I put 2 gal worth of bottles back into the primary then racked to secondary gal jugs and airlocked.Definetly alot of of o2 in there,I drank a glass and kinda reminded me of a bluberry spritzer.Should I just leave for a week or so to see what it does then...

Hello MedsenFey,well Im at work off the top of my head:5gal batch,sg 1.50,final .996,I used 2pks of ec-1118,campden and pot sorb.Thanks for the reply,honestly it tastes pretty good just an awful lot of carbonation.Will putting the remaining corked bots stop them from blowing?

I bottled a batch of blueberry mead back in Nov.,beautiful color and clarity,a hint of blueberry sweetness,I was really proud of it til I opened my first bottle at Christmas.I put most in flip tops and corked 4,the first bottle I opened was a flipper,what I had was a volcano,really really...

Hello! I have a batch of skeeter pee in the secondary my fg was .990 at transfer I sorbated it and was wondering if I need to do anything else to it before I backsweeten,this is my first batch....of anything,oh my og was 1.020,Im open for any and all suggestions.Thank you

Hi everyone! Quick ? Is it ok to use flip tops for apfelwein? Ive got 2 cases of 1 liter bots. Ive got 2 6gal batches going and want to put one of these in fliptops. I guess what i need to know is can i age in these bottles for an extended period,or does it have to be drank fairly soon?

Hows it goin?no i didnt take an sg but i will before i bottle.thanks again

Hi all!ive got a crystal clear gal jug of jaom thats ready to be bottled and was wondering if these bottles would be ok for aging.thanks!

16210 + 12 = 16222

Thanks everyone.its clearing pretty well so ill just go ahead and bottle from the primary.between the fruit and the lees it looks theres only 3/4 of a gal in there.is there a trick to racking this so as i leave most of the lees behind?i notice that its really easily stirred up.

Thanks for the reply.Do u think it would do any harm to just let it alone and wait for the fruit to drop ?

Hi everyone!big time newbe here.I have a gal of JAOM that has been in the jug for about 6wks now,should I leave it sit on the lees and wait for the fruit to drop before I rack?It seems to be clearing well.Thanks

Ok!ive got 2 6gal batches going 1 wk apart,i checked the sg on both 1 was 1.010 and the other was 1.020.they are just over 4wks old and niether was very tasty,they are both still very cloudy used the same aldi juice in both.should i just relax and forget about them for another month?i see no...

I have 10gal that will be ready to bottle about 2wks apart,i have a couple of cases of 3l glass jugs with screw on lids.could i put a whole batch in these bottles?if i can what type of environment will they need?will they need refrigerated?thanks

Anyone ever used aldis brand natures nectar?i have 2 6gal batches going with this juice its been exactly 3wks today.theres still a small amount of activity in the airlock but its still very cloudy,does the quality of the juice determine how clear it will be?

Sounds good to me..and thanks.

So if i cork it will keep just like my kit wines?theres only 1 wk between batches and if i bottle one can i leave the other just sit on the dead yeasties or should irack to a secondary?i think i may be worrying a little too much.

Hello!im a noob with is what probobly is a dumb question.first off i have 2 batches of apfelwein on,never even tasted it before but i fig it must be good since 3/4 of the worlds pop.seems to love it,i had 2 empty carboys so i fig why not.if im low on bottles when the time comes can i use...