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This is what it looks like. Not too icky, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the help! I'm wondering if the finished product is gonna come out not red too....

So I'm currently brewing a 1 gallon test batch of pomegranate mead. I used 3 pounds of honey, a package of yeast and filled the rest with organic pomegranate juice. It's been sitting for a month now, and there's a weird brown film on the inside of the bottle, and the top of the liquid has some...

@rexbanner I won the contest, and clearly it's popular. Just look at how inspiring I am! :p

@rexbanner I won the contest, and clearly it's popular. Just look at how inspiring I am! :p

@dienst I live in L.A...there's not much in the way of apple orchards around here. Though I just found out my next door neighbor makes his own wine, so I'm gonna pick his ear a bit and see if he has the hookups for fresh juices.

@dienst I live in L.A...there's not much in the way of apple orchards around here. Though I just found out my next door neighbor makes his own wine, so I'm gonna pick his ear a bit and see if he has the hookups for fresh juices.

@Yandle I'm curious to the abv% as well, I know it was effective, but we didn't have any way to measure it at the time. I'll be picking one up when I make it to the real home brew store eventually haha.

@Yandle I'm curious to the abv% as well, I know it was effective, but we didn't have any way to measure it at the time. I'll be picking one up when I make it to the real home brew store eventually haha.

Wow! Thanks for all the comments everyone, I've learned a lot just from reading these. Since this first batch I did a second exactly the same and it turned out just as well, though I kept the empty juice bottles and transfered from the water jug to the bottles to cold crash after fermentation...

Wow! Thanks for all the comments everyone, I've learned a lot just from reading these. Since this first batch I did a second exactly the same and it turned out just as well, though I kept the empty juice bottles and transfered from the water jug to the bottles to cold crash after fermentation...

Hello all! I'm new to this whole homebrewing thing, and I'm also a starving college student in the midst of his undergrad program. As such, and as someone that highly enjoys the sport of drinking, one night my friend and I decided we should be able to make our own cider for less than $30.00...

Hello all! I'm new to this whole homebrewing thing, and I'm also a starving college student in the midst of his undergrad program. As such, and as someone that highly enjoys the sport of drinking, one night my friend and I decided we should be able to make our own cider for less than $30.00...

Hello everyone! I'm so happy that I found this place, there's such a wealth of information available! I just got into cider brewing (just finished bottling my first batch) and I can't wait to share my experiences and learn from all of yours!