Recent content by Wulvaine

For my most recent batch, I've decided to try EC-1118 instead of Montrachet. Other than that, I've done everything exactly as I always do. But the Lalvin is causing bubbles vigorous enough to come up through my airlock and bubble over a bit, making the vodka in the airlock all cloudy. I'm...

Well, Leadgolem has more experience than I do, and he says it looks like a lacto infection. However, I had exactly the same situation as your images depict on my first batch, and it's been delicious and has gotten me inordinately drunk at least twice so far, haha, so I don't know if it's...

Well, I tried to rack before adding my oak cubes today, but so much of the yeast came with it that I ended up just pointlessly transferring everything from one carboy to the other, haha. Maybe it'll chew through the last .01 of my gravity and ferment dry while I'm oaking it. I used 2oz of...

My higher-ABV batch of apfelwein (OG 1.095) doesn't seem to want to ferment dry; it's been stuck for a weeks, and a week ago I racked and re-pitched with EC-1118. It was down to 1.02 a few weeks ago, and when I pulled a sample tonight it's only gone down to 1.017 or so. I'm cranking the heat in...

Actually, the batch I ended up bottling WAS my second batch after a couple of weeks, haha. My first batch was a stuck fermentation (which I THINK is restarted and finishing fermentation right now). I'm already lining up my third; found apple juice on sale for about a dollar a gallon and I'll...

While everyone in this thread seems to feel that apfelwein is at its best after aging, I seriously doubt my first bottled batch is going to survive long enough for me to find out, because it's already a fantastic drink. Maybe if I get drunk enough and hide a bottle...

Bottled a batch yesterday (my first time bottling, so I accidentally stirred up the yeast a bit before getting a flow going, but I'm not too concerned about it; I generally pour anything I drink anyway, and a little yeast won't hurt me!). Now that my secondary was free again, I racked my...

Decided I should take gravity readings on my two batches today, mostly out of desire to try my samples, haha. Glad I did; the first batch is a stuck fermentation. Stopped bubbling a few days ago, and it's only at 1.02 (started at 1.095), so I've moved that into a warmer room to see if it...

I've had no bad smells thus far (whether that's the nutrient, the temperature, or both, the only smell coming off the airlock is yeast), and it's still bubbling away. It's never gotten more vigorous than a kind of carbonation-like bubbling, but it seems to be doing what it's supposed to do. I...

Before I shift into "relax, don't worry, etc." mode, I just want to be sure nothing's wrong, haha. I pitched about 24 hours ago, and so far I don't have much activity in my fermenter. I've seen other people say that after 24 hours it should be bubbling noticeably, but I'm assuming they're...

Thanks to Leadgolem for answering all my questions back at the top of page 1165! Got all my equipment tonight and decided to go ahead and make the higher-ABV batch my first batch. Ended up with a specific gravity of around 1.095, which should put me in the neighborhood of the 12.5%. I used yeast...

I'm a brand-new infant homebrewer; just ordered a bunch of basic equipment and ingredients (yeast/nutrients/sugars, Better Bottles to be used as fermenters/airlocks/sanitizers, siphon/bottling stuff and bottles) and thought apfelwein seemed like a great place to start out since it's so simple...