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Great to know. Thanks for the tip. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

IMHO you should carbonate your apfelwein. It really is much better than drinking it still.

Judge

Doing a Red Ale, and maybe a Bourbon Barrel Stout.

Give it 2 weeks at a minimum. 3 to 4 weeks would be ideal.

Deceived

Just finished a nice Red Ale.

I'll be brewing an Irish Red, and while its on the boil, EdWort's Apfelwein.

Not really a brew, but I'm doing some more Apfelwein.

repeat.

Thanks guys, I feel better. My gut told me that everything was fine, but it's nice to hear others tell me that. :D

(Background) Until yesterday, I've always used a plastic Ale Pail for my primary fermenter. The down side to brew buckets is you can't see what's going on in there. Being curious, I used a 6.5 gallon "Better Bottle" so I could check out what those yeasties are doing. This is a very simple SMaSH...

Honey

Just brewed a Pilsen, Willamette SMaSH.

Thanks for the tip. I think I'll just use 5oz of dextrose instead of the concentrate. Patience is not one of my stronger points.

Anyone? I want to bottle tomorrow.

Seven weeks in primary. I couldn't help but steal a little sample, and oh is it good! It rally is tasty now, but a few months in 1 liter EZ cap bottles and carbed should have this tasting like dew from the heavens.

I'm sure that this was covered already, but I'd love it if someone would save me the time of reading all these pages. I plan on bottling my Apfelwein in the next day or so and was wondering if I could prime my 5 gallon batch with (thawed) frozen concentrate? It's a 12 fl. oz. can with 162...

Entering into a Pastoral Ministry with the UMC, I thought that I would share some thoughts on John Wesley, the church's founder. This was taken from his latest biography: "He [Wesley] wasn’t against alcohol, actually, unlike later Methodists. While he forbad spirits, he loved wine and...

Pale ale with citrus zest. I'll have wheat for about 25% of grain bill. Summer is on its way, I need a change from the heavier, malty brews.