Apfelwein Bottling....is it done????

[woollybugger2]

Eight long weeks in the primary! over the last three weeks the hydro has been reading 1.001 it's very clear and appears to have a lot of dissolved co2 in it. I get tons of bubbles on the hydro when taking a reading. The airlock has been bubbling away and never stopped although it has slowed way down.

I'm planning on carbing up the 6 gallons with 5 oz of corn sugar.

Any reason to wait any longer????

I want my carboy back for my fat tire clone!!!!

 

[ArcaneXor]

Depends. What yeast did you use?

With wine yeast, it usually drops a good bit below 1.000, with ale yeasts a final gravity above 1.000 is to be expected. Still, if the gravity has been stable for several weeks, it's a good indication that it is as low as it is going to get. You could try raising the temperature a bit and agitating the carboy for a few minutes (this will cause much of the CO2 to come out of solution and rouse the yeast), and see what happens.

 

[woollybugger2]

I used Montrachet, first month was @ 68* second month was 72*

I'm thinking it's done, or it's going to take another month to move a point or two ....

 

[Gremlyn]

You should be sure to spin the hydrometer to get the bubbles off. They will artificially float the hyrdo and cause your reading to be high.

 

[woollybugger2]

i'm sitting here with 36 22 oz bottles and some priming sugar ready to go...

looking at the carboy and bottling bucket ---

 

[woollybugger2]

You should be sure to spin the hydrometer to get the bubbles off. They will artificially float the hyrdo and cause your reading to be high.

done... waited tapped -- spun, decanted into another tube... 1.001




Pitched March 13

Last 3 readings: April 23 -- 1.002 April 27 -- 1.001 May 7 -- 1.001

 

[Gremlyn]

Sweet, well there you go. All done :rockin:

 

[woollybugger2]

36 22 oz bottles! sweet! well a little tart, but that's another story....

I was expecting .998, but didn't think it would take a year....

 

[Gremlyn]

The tartness might mellow as it carbs/ages in the bottles. Can't say for sure as I haven't bottles mine yet I plan on using 1L amber flip tops.

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

I have 1 more month for mine, and I wanted to give a few bottles to family this Christmas, does anyone know of a decent source for 1000ml cobalt blue or black flip top bottles?