HotTrailerBrew
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This is what i did:
5 gal. Apple Juice
2 lbs. Corn Sugar
English Cider Yeast #WLP775
Pitched on 10-12-08 into a 6 gal primary
So as you can see i started a 5 gal batch of Ed's apfelwein but pitched English Cider Yeast #WLP775 on the recommendation of our LHBS. I've waited 5 weeks and went back to buy 2 cans of the Oregon Puree to toss in to the carboy for the berry addition. But when I went back to the LHBS I told him i was making a berry cider and that the base has been sitting for bout 5 weeks and he said "that was way too long, I should have racked to a secondary a long time ago. And I shouldn't have used a 6 gal primary, and you probably have vinegar by now." But he recommended tasting it and if it were still good to rack to a secondary and toss the puree in, and if it hadn't started another fermentation to repitch more yeast.
I thought i was just making another batch of Ed's apfelwein and tossing some puree on it after the normal six weeks were up, let ferment again, and i would have a berry apfelwein. But now after talking to LHBS i dunno.
5 gal. Apple Juice
2 lbs. Corn Sugar
English Cider Yeast #WLP775
Pitched on 10-12-08 into a 6 gal primary
So as you can see i started a 5 gal batch of Ed's apfelwein but pitched English Cider Yeast #WLP775 on the recommendation of our LHBS. I've waited 5 weeks and went back to buy 2 cans of the Oregon Puree to toss in to the carboy for the berry addition. But when I went back to the LHBS I told him i was making a berry cider and that the base has been sitting for bout 5 weeks and he said "that was way too long, I should have racked to a secondary a long time ago. And I shouldn't have used a 6 gal primary, and you probably have vinegar by now." But he recommended tasting it and if it were still good to rack to a secondary and toss the puree in, and if it hadn't started another fermentation to repitch more yeast.
I thought i was just making another batch of Ed's apfelwein and tossing some puree on it after the normal six weeks were up, let ferment again, and i would have a berry apfelwein. But now after talking to LHBS i dunno.