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.996 Racking as soon as I find a carboy.....

hadn't thought of that being an issue. But I don't have any equipment cross over with the two. I also just keep my Kombucha in an upper cabinet in our kitchen.

Got it, thanks. Tim

So not sure this is the right place for this so please move if needed. I have started primarying fir at least 30 days. My main question is when using hop pellets(as I usually do) will I get higher IBU's than I had planned on by sitting on whatever hops I don't get stained out before...

Racked this today, and OMG tastes like ass.....and by ass I mean bad ass!

Thanks to everyone for their replies. I am using a carboy as the primary here so I thought helping the CO2 out would better in the term(obviously short term not so.). From some of the reading I've done, I thought it would not only help with fermentation time but I thought it(degassing during...

So I just started a new batch of mead...... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/sourwood-dry-medium-dry-show-mead-188662/ The gravity reading I took was 1.090ish. I used 12.25 lbs of honey, put 2 gal of water in a 5 gal. carboy, added the honey and then topped up with water. Ended up...

Funny you should mention the batch size.....I was a full 5 gal. batch. Which is a whole different discussion. As far as oxidation, as soon as fermentation is done, I will rack and reduce head space. I would love to get some more input and clarity on the conflicting gravity reading I had...

Well, I know airlock activity is not a sure fire sign of fermentation, but I feel confidant that the little buggers are still chomping away in there. What is the reason for topping off? I would be diluting the must at this point no, I lost between 1/4-1/2 gal. Tim

I think there was a Dewalt involved..... I never knew mead must would be so hard to get off bamboo flooring!!

So as I was attempting to de-gasses my latest mead, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/sourwood-dry-medium-dry-show-mead-188662/ I was a little aggressive and well lets say the kids were excited, the wife not so.... My question is, do I run a risk of a stuck fermentation due to yeast loss...

Bit of an edit, used 12.25 lbs instead of 11.....that's right I can't add oz. or convert oz to pounds in my head as well as I thought I could.

Well, I put 2 gal. water in carboy, added all the honey, topped it up with water. Aerated, pitched, aerated, took gravity reading. I mean it was only 3 gal. of water. I don't know. Tim

So I just put together a 5 gal. batch of Sourwood mead. Here is the recipe: 12.25 lbs of Sourwood Honey 3 tsp yeast nutrient mix Spring water to 5+ gal. 1 L. starter of Montrachet SG 1.096ish Aerated the crap out of it with my drill. Anyone done a Sourwood mead? Thoughts...

I can make that happen, should be bottling 3 more bottles this Sat. or so. Tim