commonsenseman

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Racked to secondary tonight, the strawberries looked like they had given everything they could already.

Here's the two batches, guess which one already had fruit in it. I love that color by the way!

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"EC-1118 is a monster yeast. But it is also clean and quick. Like a humane serial killer."

1 Gal: Redneck Metheglin
1 Gal: Grape Concentrate Wine
1 Gal: Backyard Grape Wine
5 Gal: Oatmeal Stout
5 Gal: Citrus Pale Ale

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Bottled: St Paul Porter, DIIIPA, Strawberry Melomel, Rhubarb Melomel, Oktoberfest, Barley Bracket, Munich Helles, Black Bracket
Kegged: 12/12/12, Citrus IPA

BankerJohn

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sweet thread! I just started my first batch of mead 9 days ago. About ready to transfer to secondary and add fruit. Thanks for the pictures - it helps A LOT.

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Banker John

"Beer is like sex. It is all good, just some better than others." - anonymous

Primary:
Air

Secondary:
1Gal (x3): Mead
Air

Bottled:
Belgian Tripel 9.2%
Irish Red Ale 8.1%
White Wheat Ale 5.5%
Session Peach Beer with fresh peaches from my tree

A full fermenter takes up just as much space as an empty fermenter. Why do so many of us have air in our fermenters?

commonsenseman

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Thanks! Anything I can do to help, especially since I really have no idea what I'm doing.

Here's an updated picture. The Raspberry is just about ready for some fruit, while the Strawberry is starting to clear up.



Here's the batch of Hard Cider I started a few days ago. Total experiment, I have no idea if it'll turn out at all.



I'll post the "recipe" if it turns out to be halfway decent.

__________________
"EC-1118 is a monster yeast. But it is also clean and quick. Like a humane serial killer."

1 Gal: Redneck Metheglin
1 Gal: Grape Concentrate Wine
1 Gal: Backyard Grape Wine
5 Gal: Oatmeal Stout
5 Gal: Citrus Pale Ale

__________________________________________
Bottled: St Paul Porter, DIIIPA, Strawberry Melomel, Rhubarb Melomel, Oktoberfest, Barley Bracket, Munich Helles, Black Bracket
Kegged: 12/12/12, Citrus IPA

KeithStone

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That looks good. Let us know how it turns out.

commonsenseman

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Just racked my second Melomel onto 2 lbs of Raspberries tonight, the gravity reading was 1.040 before I added the raspberries.

It's tough to see in the picture, but the raspberry one is already much darker than the strawberry one.

__________________
"EC-1118 is a monster yeast. But it is also clean and quick. Like a humane serial killer."

1 Gal: Redneck Metheglin
1 Gal: Grape Concentrate Wine
1 Gal: Backyard Grape Wine
5 Gal: Oatmeal Stout
5 Gal: Citrus Pale Ale

__________________________________________
Bottled: St Paul Porter, DIIIPA, Strawberry Melomel, Rhubarb Melomel, Oktoberfest, Barley Bracket, Munich Helles, Black Bracket
Kegged: 12/12/12, Citrus IPA

commonsenseman

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Figured I should give this an update. Both the Strawberry & the Raspberry have been bottled. The Strawberry was clear & tasted quite good, so I figured I might as well. Been enjoying the heck out of it & everytime I open a bottle, it's better. The Raspberry was just bottled last night. It had been aged on oak for about 6 weeks, was perfectly clear, & tasted great.

As for the hard cider, well they say good ingredients in-good product out. That's so true. Next time I'll use real, cloudy cider. It is improving as time goes by, but it's still virtually tasteless.

__________________
"EC-1118 is a monster yeast. But it is also clean and quick. Like a humane serial killer."

1 Gal: Redneck Metheglin
1 Gal: Grape Concentrate Wine
1 Gal: Backyard Grape Wine
5 Gal: Oatmeal Stout
5 Gal: Citrus Pale Ale

__________________________________________
Bottled: St Paul Porter, DIIIPA, Strawberry Melomel, Rhubarb Melomel, Oktoberfest, Barley Bracket, Munich Helles, Black Bracket
Kegged: 12/12/12, Citrus IPA

commonsenseman

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Snapped a couple pics to show how it turned out. They don't really do it justice, but it's a brilliant gold color & perfectly clear.





Also, dunno why it looks like there's carbonation, but there isn't any to speak of.

__________________
"EC-1118 is a monster yeast. But it is also clean and quick. Like a humane serial killer."

1 Gal: Redneck Metheglin
1 Gal: Grape Concentrate Wine
1 Gal: Backyard Grape Wine
5 Gal: Oatmeal Stout
5 Gal: Citrus Pale Ale

__________________________________________
Bottled: St Paul Porter, DIIIPA, Strawberry Melomel, Rhubarb Melomel, Oktoberfest, Barley Bracket, Munich Helles, Black Bracket
Kegged: 12/12/12, Citrus IPA