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Has anybody every just left their hydrometer or thermometer in the primary during fermentation? I am trying this with my thermometer now...cold season is here and the temp of my house really swings so I have to be watchful. Can anybody add to this? My primary is a very large pale with lots of...

That sounds like an awesome plan Jeri! I think I will just use 1 bean then, but I have read else where that some people have used up to 6 for 5 gal. The addition of more fruit is a great idea as well. When I have a shred of time I'll definitely be doing this but that's the great thing about...

Im planning on back sweetening my DRY wild berry mead and adding some vanilla bean. I guess I'm wondering if my plan of attack is adequate. .. RECIPE used 15 ĺbs honey,and 3.5lbs frozen wild berry mix with EC 118. Approx 6gal water (accidentally). OG 1.086. Next day I added another 2...

Well I just stumbled upon this thread and thought an update might be warranted. You were right, that was most definitely not my only batch of mead. I've made several successful 1 gal batches, and am now brewing a 5 gal wild berry Melomel, step feeding honey while staggering nutrient additions...

Sounds like a plan! I think I'll add close to 3 more lbs of honey today, with some nutrient/energizer and see what gravity that gives me. Thanks for the advice, this is my first 5 gal batch (have done several 1 gal batches) and I'm trying to make something really nice.

I think that there's a bit of a misunderstanding, I don't have a fermentation issue. All I want to do is bump up the alcohol without making it a sweet mead. I have heard that step feeding honey will do this. Is it too late to add more honey now? I'm only looking at a 11% ish mead right now but...

Hey guys, when is it too late to add honey to bump up the abv? I would prefer a semi-sweet to dry mead but I think it's on it's way to a sweet mead thus far. 1 week ago I used 15 lbs of honey, 1.5 kg o frozen wild berries, 2 packs of Lalvin EC-1118 and threw some yeast energizer and...

Thanks so much for the recipe! I ended up brewing this yesterday (with a few small changes). First BIAB went somewhat smooth, some kinks have to be worked out though. Can't wait until I get to taste!!!

Hey guys, I have 1 all grain brew beneath my belt (with help from a friend) and I have some grains and hops left over, plus my lhbs was having a sale so I grabbed some misc grains and hops. Maybe somebody can help me throw a recipe together? I don't have the experience to whip something up...

I agree with you 100%, I guess I am just calling it ginger beer for lack of better words. I guess ginger ale might be closer, but that word "ale" throws me off as well. Maybe next time Ill throw in some DME and mess around with that. This is why 1 gal. jugs are so cool, we can afford to fool...

I went off of a recipe that I seen on youtube. She said it would be quite sharp, but refreshing. Im thinking that during the fermentation, alot of the spice is lessened. Guess Ill just have to wait and find out in a few weeks.

This evening I started a 1 gal. batch of ginger beer. 2 cups minced ginger, zest & juice of two lemons, 4 cups corn sugar, water to fill 1 gallon jug, 1/2 tsp yeast energizer and a pack of dried yeast. Almost immediately I noticed this "blob" (the only way I can describe it), at the bottom of...

Please let me know how this turns out!

Do you think that after fermentation & racking a few times (in lets say 3 months) that there will be enough yeast to carbonate if I prime?

I just started a 1 gal. batch 2 days ago (and is fermenting very nicely). I used 2 lbs 8 oz of honey, and a Lalvin champagne yeast. I plan on adding fruit when fermentation is complete. How can I go about making this a sparkling Melomel? My OG was 1.08 ( a little lower than expected but...