Apple wine did harden and gently carbonate. Nice dry taste, not sweet. Not at all appley.

Joe's Ancient Orange

Started Joe's Ancient Orange Mead
http://www.gotmead.com/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&page=viewrecipe&Itemid=6&recipe_id=118

7.5lbs honey
- 2.5lbs of local grower clover, 5lbs ?? brand from grociery store
3 whole cloves
1 orange sliced into eighths
two whole cinamon sticks
1oz box of raisins
1 packet regular baker's yeast

disolved honey in water and put in Carboy
put orange slices, raisins, cloves, and cinamon sticks in and filled to 2.5 gallons with water
shook to death to mix and aerate
poured dry yeast directly in and gently shookup to stir
Now leaving it alone.

Early finish to the Apple wine

Apple Wine yeast worked very furiously for about three days and slowed down to almost nothing. It was starting to settle and clear on it's own, and then I needed the water trap (boiled and ruined my other one when starting new mead)

Bottled apple wine into six Mr. Beer bottles with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in each bottle.

Will leave out on bar in basement for at least 24 hours to see if they harden. I plan on putting them into the fridge once they do.

First Apple stuff

3 frozen concentrate Apple Juices
- each one calls for three cans of water to make 48Oz of juice
1 cup sugar
1 packet rapid rise yeast

Mixed packet of yeast with about half a cup of warm water to activate
All three cans of frozen juice and six cans of water and 1 cup sugar brought to a boil.
Then mixed with enough ice to make 5 quarts and added yeast.

Brewed for about 8 days
Yeast worked very furiously for about three days and slowed down to almost nothing.
It was starting to settle and clear on it's own, and then I needed the water trap (boiled and ruined my other one when starting mead)