Need help with my apfelwein

[Waramir]

need help with my apfelwein

heres the story:

I brewed it on February 2014 , after fermentation was done i transferred to secondary to age it for at least 6 months in my fermenter fridge w temp control. my plan was to bottle it on august 2014.

one thing led to another , life got in the way and i did not bottle it on august 2014. on November 2014 i moved into a new house , got the news my wife was pregnant, got a new job. so a lot went on with life at the end of 2014.

so i moved to the new house , moved my apfelwein (still in secondary) to the new house. but somehow forgot to plug my fermentation fridge to the power. a few days ago i remembered i had this batch sitting there without power. it went all winter and all 2015 (with hot southern texas summer days) unpowered . i looked hard but couldnt find any signs of bacteria , it looks nice and clean. took a sip and seemed fine.

would it still be safe to bottle & drink? can i still carbonate it with sugar after all this time or would all the yeast still left over after the primary to secondary be dead already?

any suggestions?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

if it were bad you would know and see definite bacteria or mildew

 

[Gavin C]

Package it up and enjoy.

This recipe does not call for racking the wine off the lees. I've made it twice. Bottled once and kegged the second. I'm a fan.

All that racking and moving and sitting around (was your airlock still full) may have imparted some oxygenation but that's no reason to dump it.

If it looks good/tastes good, drink it.