Tag: apfelwein

  • Brewing Catch Up!

    So this year has been both slow for brewing and slow for blogging. In hopes of preparing for the 2nd half of the year I have begun a sprint of brewing in the last week. I have bottled the Honey Hibiscus Wit, Brewed another Southern Brown ale, Brewed a basic Amber ale with a new…

  • Agave Test Batch

    Created a test batch of what could be either really tasty or really medicinally vile. Wanted to create a combination of honey cider with what I had around the house. Instead of honey I used Agave nectar. The total Bill looks a bit like the following (note sugar is a bit higher than probably necessary…

  • Afternoon Apfelwein

    After a long day at work with a migraine, followed by an afternoon nap, there is only one thing for me to do… a nice glass of Apfelwein. This is part of my February batch as I am avoiding the January like the plague due to its limited edition’ness. The quality is great even though…

  • Keep it flowin

    In the words of my friend Matt, let’s keep the pipeline flowin. I’m not entirely certain this isn’t the advice of a raging alcoholic, but I’m willing to learn to keep something constantly fermenting and serving. Today I bottled 5 gallons of an Austin Homebrew Supplies Anniversary English Brown. I got this mash together about…

  • February Batch O Apfelwein

    Using the same recipe from January I put in a 2.5 gallon  batch of Apfelwein (2.5 gallons applejuice, 1 lb corn sugar, Pasteur Champagne Yeast). Took all of a couple minutes and used 1lb of corn sugar rather than 1.2lbs and good ol Motts.  Asorbic acid in these (fine for fermentation) but will add a bit of…

  • Today with the assistance of my lovely assistant Andy we began a variation 5 gallon batch of Ed Wort’s traditional Apfelwein recipe. The variation comes in that we used the Cadillac of all apple juices (Martinelli’s) and Pasteur Red Yeast instead of the Montrachet. The goal is to create an Apfelwein with a dry champagne…