Recent content by blewis1984

Thanks for the replies, guys. I've definitely learned a lot from you all.

I made this for the first time a couple days ago. As I was pushing my orange slices into the carboy I thought, "How am I suppose to get these out?". Well?

Unfortunately, I don't think I could get it that low. It stays super hot in my house during the summer. I put a window unit A/C in the room I'm keeping the brew in. I've just had it set at 75. I'll crank it lower and see what I can get it down to. If it does get closer to 65, would my yeast...

Temp is around 75F. OG was 1.040. I used one packet of the Munton standard yeast, rehydrated according to the instructions on the pack. And I couldn't RDWHAHB, as this is my first brew :P

Thanks for easing my worry, guys. My way of thinking was no bubbles = nothing's happening. Still a noob.

So I brewed my first batch on Thursday. Everything went really well. Took a little longer to cool down the wort than I expected but other than that, smooth sailing. By that night, my airlock was bubbling away. I'd say a bubble every 2-3 seconds. Friday, it seemed to have slowed down slightly...

I know that the primary fermenter bucket is normally a little more than 5 gallons to compensate for the krausen that builds up. So that means I would be safe using just a normal 5 gallon bucket as a secondary, as there shouldn't be any krausen in it, right? Just don't want to pay $15 for a...

So a good friend of mine is hosting a viking themed party in November (very early planning, I know). He knows that I'm beginning to get into mead and asked if I would make a few batches for the party. That gives me about 3-4 months. I already have a 'Joe's Quick Grape' going and will be doing...

Great. Thanks guys.

So I have no way of actually weighing my honey. Does anyone know approx. how many cups would be the equivalent of one pound?

I seen those. Thinking about buying one myself. Such an incredible show.

Thanks, Medsen. I don't feel like such a noob, after all. I hope it turns out alright. And a little more alcohol would definitely alright with me. :drunk:

Yeah, it's still 1 gallon, just more juice than water with the way I screwed it up. I just hope it's not too bad. Guess only time will tell.

It's still 5 gallons, so the dilution of the honey should be the same, right? And I figured the extra sugar from the juice would end up causing a higher ABV.

Thanks for the response. Why would the ABV be lower? I would've figured it would be higher. More juice = more sugar = more alcohol? I'm still a huge noob, so go easy on me.