I bottled the apple beer 2 featuring apple juice, pilsen malt, saaz hops and US-05 American ale yeast.  

With a final gravity of 1.007 this one has an ABV of about 4.1%. You could say this beer is like, totally sessionable. That’s fine for the Bowmans. 

This batch of apple beer tasted a little bit different than what I expected: very malty. Pretty sweet. Spicy cinnamon from the saaz hops. Slight tartness from the apple juice. Overall the flavor reminds me of a brown ale, such as Newcastle, but slightly tart combined with something almost like soda like in sweetness, like a root beer. Not very bitter at all. 

In summary, batch 15 is extremely easy to drink but missing something. If I do this again, I will probably just do a 30 minute boil, use perle hops for bittering, and then add the saaz at 15 minutes. 

My wife loved the first apple beer I made, so I decided on July 8th it was time to brew another five gallons. 

This recipe was similar to batch 9, except... 

I used saaz hops instead of mosaic, US-05 yeast instead of S-04, and an extra pound of DME. I also tweaked the preparation a little bit based on some extract recipes I skimmed in a free issue of zymurgy. I’m all about that value baby. 

Ingredients

4 gallons filtered tap water

3.3 lbs pilsen light malt extract syrup 

1 lb golden light dry malt extract

1 gallon pasteurized organic apple juice from concentrate 

1 oz saaz hops 3% alpha

11.5 g packet Safale US-05 American Ale yeast

4 oz corn sugar

Directions

Heat one gallon of water until boiling. Turn off heat.   

Add and malt extract syrup and DME to water and combine.  

Turn on heat. When water boils again, add hops (directly, no straining bag).

Boil wort with hops for 1 hour. 

Cool wort by placing pot in cold water, then add to fermenter.  

Add apple juice and water to fermenter until five gallon volume achieved.

When wort is close to 72 degrees, pitch yeast.  

When fermentation stops after about a week, add a heaping teaspoon of corn sugar to each 24 oz bottle before bottling.  

Let age for at least two weeks.    

So for this WEEK 4, a lot of things have been perfect and I'm excited, of course in the morning I was on FB live for about 1 hour because I was cooking while listening to FB because our wifi didn't reach our kitchen so my data was used so I was on FB live In the morning I only lived on FB for an hour, then after I cooked I switched to Zoom and since Mam Lyn Gonzales was the first speaker I was not obviously starstruck by the beauty of Mrs. Gonzales. Well, I learned a lot and I'm excited because it's about Voice over (VO), the topic, and what I liked about the topic or impressed me was the one about the contract of Agreement for Voice Projects. Mom gave an example about that topic. They said that when we get a project or someone offers us that the project is not within the standard of our voice, we should not accept it because we are like a scam. And before this, I was saddened by what Ms. Lyn there in "What' next After CVAP” she said that not everyone will stay because 100 percent is with us and that there are those who have passed their portfolios before while others have not been able to continue. I thought about what Ms. said. so I suddenly asked myself if I can handle the world I'm going to enter, will I love it, that's what was running through my mind at that time. And after that Ms. distributed a lot of learning. lyn about VO especially in VO DEMO REEL what is VO DEMO REEL and what is listened to and what can be seen Reel. Those are the ones that impressed me and I became interested in Ms.'s discussions. Lyn.

And the event of the afternoon was that no one spoke or was the speaker for the day of afternoon. Because it happened that there was a roulette where all the names of each BR team were there to consult the audio they made, Like TVC, AVP and many others. Papa Lem, Miss Pao, Miss Jeanne, Ms. Lyn and Sir Reymar, the five of them became commentators on the works of our other Voicemates, they say things that should be improved and things that should be avoided and fixed when speaking, you should be careful with the words you say and mention. And I'm sad because I didn't pass my assignment that I'm going to consult because I haven't done it yet and I don't know at that time when to start, so I'm from support and I listen to every advice of the commentators.

Honestly, this week 3 I was not able to attend the Morning session because our Face to Face class was at the same time and it's sad because the morning session lesson was fun.

In the second week of CVAP I was late entering zoom because of my Net. because my morning was rainy and I disconnected so all I did was watch FB live in the morning.

The first topic is about How do you find your niche?, Why do you need to know your niche, Voice over, types of Voice Artist, Are you open minded?, character Voices, Differences of Dynamic To XLR, Motinor Microphones, Digital Audio Workstation, Types of Microphones, Audacity and Adobe Audition. All of this was discussed and explained to us by Sir Joshua Simeon, he is good at explaining and you can really understand every part of the topic he explains. If you ask me, I would prefer Audacity, because this topic is really challenging for me because I don't know much about Audio editing. And it's a challenge and a lot of pressure is needed to improve the quality of your Audio recording and especially with the noise of your recording, He taught us how to get rid of that noise, but honestly it's stressful like what Sir Joshua Simeon said it's stressful but "that's okay!" , then I just smiled because I didn't follow the steps that he taught us because after a while mom had an order so I couldn't follow it, even if we say that there are instructions written it's still different when you watch the demo. But all in all, the topic is good, I liked it, it doesn't make you sleepy and you will increase your knowledge of those who are not familiar with you.

And one more thing I liked the game where you choose a number and when you choose a number and behind that number there are words that you have to imitate with your voice, like Example if you choose the number 3 and what is written is grandpa/grandpa and what you do is to speak grandpa/grandpa as long as you say some words and you have to say grandpa/grandpa like that I just forgot what those words are but the fun is you won't really get bored because someone is ready that wakes up your sleeping spirit.

Then After Lunch I entered the zoom and when I entered the two hosts were laughing and shared a few thoughts with us before the second speaker Sir Reymar started, Sir Reymar shared his experiences with us such as about dubbing shared of the things you need to do when you dub and reminders if I'm not mistaken when I understand there are some things I don't quite understand because mother has an order again because she's talking to someone on the phone so I missed some others Sir Reymar says about dubbing. What I remember he said is that when you become a voice artist be consistent and Sir Reymar said even if many people down or pass you still be strong because he is there for you. Then we should always be positive, don't get discouraged, said Sir Reymar, Sir Reymar shared so many thoughts with us, you can see from him how much he loves being a Voice Artist.

I got up early to attend my first session in the certified voice acting program. At first, I was anxious since I would be interacting online with many amazing individuals, but I was also eager to learn from them. I prepare my gadget, laptop, and ring light before attending the zoom meeting at nine in the morning, when the lesson begins. I found it amusing how many people were in the same class with me at the time. I was really taken aback by their impassioned comments, but we'll make you feel welcome anyway. The hosts are really cheerful and pleasant, and they interview some of my co-voicemates as though they had known each other forever, which is hilarious.

We also listen to the presenters as they introduce the first lesson's subjects to us; throughout the program's morning session, I learnt a lot. After a one-hour lunch break, the afternoon program of activities continues. We split up into groups of 14 to 15 people for our activity that session, and we all gathered in a breakout room. I was designated to group three, which has the name VOXTRESS.

My teammates will make you feel like family since they are so friendly, helpful, and approachable. In our group, getting to know one another and learning about our personalities, skills, and passions comes first. Then, utilizing our various voices, we created a creative way to introduce ourselves as a whole. We begin our brainstorming since everyone in my group is so brilliant and also is contributing ideas. We effectively introduce our group; it was a fantastic way to begin.