Recent content by Deltabeta1997

Hey guys! 2 weeks done as of yesterday and everything seems to be going well! Still getting some minor bubbling(yay) but the lees is settling well so I'm hoping to rack to secondary in the next week or two. Temp has stayed at 64° the whole time and I spent the first two weeks punching the cap...

I haven't heard of Prineville but I went through Redmond a couple times back in high school for events. I live down near the Or/Cali border in Grants Pass. You live a bit far but there are car meets for my make/model down there pretty regularly and I've wanted to go to those. Might as well bring...

Most of the resources mentioned staggered nutrients, but all the references I can remember were adding nutrients at days 0, 2, and 5. Is there a specific reason in your experience you recommend the second week over the first? Maybe because it's a Melomel so it has extra sugar at the start...

I looked through a couple recipes before kind of mashing them all together. Some people were calling for 5 lbs of honey, others for 5 lbs of strawberries so I tried to split the difference a bit. I wanted as high an abv as I could push, which is why I erred on the side of more honey than fruit...

Thanks for the welcome :) I'll try to address everybody in turn after a quick update. 48 hours in and lots of healthy CO2 bubbles. Temperatute is holding at a solid 63°-65° since pitching yeast. I'm making sure to punch the cap down at least 3 times per day, plus swirling(airlock on) to de-gas...

Hello everyone, my name is Sean and I'm very fresh to the concept of home brew. I've been studying the process for a couple weeks and my first batch just hit 24 hours at 9:00 today. I'm definitely going to have more than a few questions but I don't plan to be a bother! I already made the mistake...