First Apfelwein drunk....

[Ceedubya]

...and it wasn't mine

the LHBS has a beer exchange night once a month and I brought 2 22oz bombers of Apfelwein, along with some other homebrew. There were about 4 others who brought beer, homebrew and some commercial brews.

The Apfelwein was one of the first we popped early in the night, it went over pretty well and then we moved on to the others.

I was having a great time, and sampling some great stuff. One of the homebrewers had brought his roomate who seemed to be enjoying himself a lot. Later on in the night he went to the cooler to find another to try and pulled out the 2nd bomber of Apfelwein. He said he really liked the sample and wanted some, more.

Shortly thereafer he was in the other room on the cell phone, and I didn't see much of him after that. By the end of the night it was pretty apparent that he was going down hard. I think his roomate had to take him home and pour him into his room.

I was helping clean up and was getting my bottles when I found the 2nd bottle of Apfelwein had been competely drained. When I asked around, no one else had any of the 2nd bottle. He drained it all on his own

Max & Jason, if you are on here and read this I hope you both had a great time! It was nice meeting you, and I'll be sure to brink more Apfelwein the next time out

On a side note, there was a young guy there who brought a growler of an American Ale that was quite hoppy and MAN was it good. When I asked about it he said he was really happy with it but he had just thrown a beer together with some stuff he had on hand and some hops he picked up at the store. I asked about the recipe, and he said he didn't write it down, and would not be able to reproduce the recipe. bummer....

 

[Ewalk02]

Ha ha, I GOTTA make some Apfelwein

 

[IrishLass]

We're starting our third batch within the week.... and the first batch is barely drinkable. Do it, you won't regret it. And EdWort suggests starting a second batch within two weeks of the first, highly recommended. Im really looking forward to tasting the first batch with a little age on it, considering how tasty it is already.

 

[Edcculus]

That stuff sneaks up on you! Take some asprin now or you will regret it.

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

That is awesome!

 

[GuitarBob]

I hear a lot about apfelwein on here, but I've never tried it. What exactly does it taste like, and what kind of yeast do you use? I'm assuming a wine yeast and probably a wine taste.

P.S. I love that Beerfest avatar

 

[llazy_llama]

I hear a lot about apfelwein on here, but I've never tried it. What exactly does it taste like, and what kind of yeast do you use? I'm assuming a wine yeast and probably a wine taste.

P.S. I love that Beerfest avatar

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/

 

[Ceedubya]

I hear a lot about apfelwein on here, but I've never tried it. What exactly does it taste like, and what kind of yeast do you use? I'm assuming a wine yeast and probably a wine taste.

P.S. I love that Beerfest avatar

Thanks, my brother was the sound editor for the movie.

I made this Apfelwein back on January 24th, and am just now breaking into it. Its getting more and more apple taste as it ages, and is very good. It will sneak up on ya though.

 

[GuitarBob]

Thanks, my brother was the sound editor for the movie.

I made this Apfelwein back on January 24th, and am just now breaking into it. Its getting more and more apple taste as it ages, and is very good. It will sneak up on ya though.

Awesome maybe I'll trying making one of those since the mead I tried making didn't turn out that great.

You brother was the sound editor for beer fest? That greats now I can say I know a guy that has a brother that worked on beerfest. Well I guess I don't really know you, but I can still say it.

 

[Ceedubya]

Awesome maybe I'll trying making one of those since the mead I tried making didn't turn out that great.

You brother was the sound editor for beer fest? That greats now I can say I know a guy that has a brother that worked on beerfest. Well I guess I don't really know you, but I can still say it.

Sure, I won't tell anybody He's worked on all the Broken Lizard stuff.

How long did you let the mead age? I've got my first aging right now, and was planning on giving it a full 9 months or better before bottling.

 

[GuitarBob]

Sure, I won't tell anybody He's worked on all the Broken Lizard stuff.

How long did you let the mead age? I've got my first aging right now, and was planning on giving it a full 9 months or better before bottling.

It's only been about 3 months, but I think the problem was the guy at the homebrew store gave me champagne yeast instead of wine yeast. The mead I made was only about 3 lbs of honey per gallon so it went comepletely dry on me. Oh and that was very cheap clover honey too.

I guess I could try to backsweeten it or something.

 

[Saccharomyces]

It's only been about 3 months, but I think the problem was the guy at the homebrew store gave me champagne yeast instead of wine yeast. The mead I made was only about 3 lbs of honey per gallon so it went comepletely dry on me. Oh and that was very cheap clover honey too.

I guess I could try to backsweeten it or something.

Not just campagne yeast -- most wine yeasts will eat your shorts off! They have attenuation 90%+. There are a handfull of sweet yeasts such as WLP720 mead yeast, or a Riesling strain; for the rest folks typically stop fermentation by crash cooling when the desired gravity is reached, or by adding campden and potassium sorbate post fermentation and then backsweetening to the desired level.

I swear Apfelwein has crack in it. It's the secret ingredient. It's gotta be..