Recent content by Beaujack

If I add more fruit juice(sugar) do I stand the chance of reactivating the yeast?

Hey Al! Just racked my mead to secondary. So far so good. Not great though. It seems my orange I put in during primary didn’t really transfer any flavor. From what I researched adding during secondary is good for flavor. My brother brews beer, and recommended using extract. What yours guys...

Update: My FG seems to only be at 1.000… I don’t know where I went wrong from the initial 1.200 but it tastes decent and smells wonderful. Going to be racking soon

It was a little over a gallon. It was recommended by a brewer at a meadery out here in SoCal to concentrate it. The good news if it does taste like rocket fuel, I have a friend who just so happens to be a garbage disposal!

Fellow Fermenters, I started my first batch of mead about three + weeks ago. It appears my bubbler has finally come to what appears to be a halt. Tomorrow I will be taking gravity readings then letting it sit for another week or so and checking again to ensure it is in fact done fermenting...

Thank you, and let’s make a crayon style mead lol

Hello, My name is Kyle and I have long wanted to start my own fermentation process. Currently I live in a 1200 sq ft apartment so my process is limited to 1 gallon car boys and buckets. If I enjoy the process I plan on scaling up when I move back home to East Lansing Michigan, where I'll have...