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So I started making Edwort's Apfelwein before Christmas. I made a 5gal batch, and following advice of the internet made another 5 gal batch a few weeks later. Apparently it's so delicious I'd have consumed it all shortly after carbonation. Turns out the internet is a poor predictor of what I find delicious. There are a dozen bottles left of the first batch (all of which are undercarbonated and still taste strongly of white wine rather than anything apple-related) and a PET carboy with the second batch still inside.

I will admit that this was my first attempt at brewing anything. I regularly opened the carboy during the first batch to sample, even long after airlock activity had stopped. Could the unpleasant taste be due to oxidization? Or will my second batch taste just as bad? I don't really want to hold up a keg or 40 bottles for a year until the second batch is palatable, but I can't really justify dumping it either. Is there something else I could do with it? I'd like my second carboy back.

Another HBT Apfelwien disaster. That makes us blood brothers, lol. AFAIAC, it's fucking garbage. On the upside, you have definitely learned something valuable for the future:

Turns out the internet is a poor predictor of what I find delicious.

Good ole HBT, a potential pit of poor information.

A HBT apple Graff recipe I made was crappy for 2 years then suddenly became less crappy. I say bottle it, and save it for a year or two. Use whatever oddball bottles you have around.

I was looking into making applejack with it, but the process of removing all the concentrated toxins and such seems daunting. Anyone know of anything else you can do with 5 gallons of uncarbonated booze?