Well the sweet one wasnt exactly sweet however it was slightly...less dry? than the other one. Definitely could taste a difference and actually proffered the ones lactose treated.
I don't actually have a photo of the bottles (ill try to take one next time I get a sec) but I think it might have...
Well A bit delayed but Here are my post reports after trying a bottle every 2 weeks with about half consumed so far;
2 weeks - drinkable but definitely had that homebrew bite and tasted a bit like water with alcohol in it.
4 weeks - significant increase in flavours but still had a bit of a...
We actually did all the bottling indoors for that exact reason :P I did carbonate low for that same reason - if they survive for 48 hours they should be fine? I would imagine all the sugar used at that stage and the yeast would be back to dormant?
I have absolutely no problems with this :P
I managed to get a resonably accurate OG reading which put us around ~1.07 with a FG of ~1.00 so we are looking to be in the 8-10% range which is fantastic.
Well we did get our bottling done in typical DIY fashion, Figured the original bottles were...
ahahaha I should have a little sign on my shed with that on it. The real test will be not drinking it while it matures. 6 weeks is practically forever.....But I suppose I can make 2-3 more batches in that time :beerbang:
Mate I have no clue - Im going to get some juice tonight and add enough sugar to bring it to my ~12% sugars calculation and take a measurement. Should be accurate enough for a reasonable estimate on its content.
I did have a test batch in the fridge - same fermentation cycle but zero...
So I chucked in that sugar and set everything up to bottle - Spigots sterilized and in and I took the advise from Mutaneer and tilted the vessel back a bit to push the lees away from the spout. Hopefully 4 days will be enough for it to settle.
Here are a couple photos I took for Colour - I have...
Solid - Ill do that then and see how it goes. Its been kept pretty sterile but I suppose it might already be contaminated as I couldn't use an airlock on this one - just had the fermenter lid on but half a screw loose (the whole thing was sterilized) but we will see how it goes. Practice makes...