April 2016 WOTM Club

[Arne]

Got the applebutter racked to the secondary a few days ago. Dirty brown color, looks like it has oxidized but hasn't. Smells good, when it clears some will give it the taste test. Arne

 

[Arne]

The applebutter acted like it was never going to quit fermenting. Think it did a spontanious mlf. It was pretty heavy with acid earlier. Now that it has calmed down it has really smoothed out. The malt to me gives it kind of a beer taste. Anyway, getting ready to bottle it and wait til april. Arne.

 

[Jericurl]

This will be bottled next month. It's not as clear as I would like so I'll hit it with a clearing agent and back sweeten it. So far, I'm pretty pleased with it.


eta: Well, I've attempted to remove this photo so I can add a proper one and the site tells me I don't have permission to delete my own photo.....

 

[Arne]

Think maybe I will try the applebutter again, but leave out the malt. It has kind of a beer taste which I like, but would rather just have it more of a mead. Going to get it bottled and let it rest for a while more. Still has that brown color, but does not taste oxidized. @Jericurl, yours looks really good. Someday I will get the kids to show me how to post pics on here. Arne.