Recent content by Ecaz

Did you use a yeast nutrient? Thanks!

What's the best way to back-sweeten the mead with the extra honey? Just add honey to the secondary? Thanks MedsenFey! I also appreciate the yeast suggestion!

I've got 15lbs of local Wildflower honey and I see fresh figs in the store :D This will be my first mead, and I'm interested in a simple recipe using all fresh figs. Any suggestions on amounts? Figs are light on flavor, so I was thinking: - 15lbs Wildflower honey - 2.5 - 3lbs fresh Mission...

I'm in St. Petersburg / Tampa area and would like to know if anyone knows where to get Fresh (aka Unpasteurized) cyder. Does anyone know? ;) Thanks in advance!

What is the full recipe for a 5 gallon batch? Would it be okay to use local Wildflower honey? Has anyone considered trying a chocolate based Rooibos instead of a black early grey? Obviously, if I change the recipe, it's NOT THE SAME MEAD. :) But, would the general idea be the same w/o using...

I'm thinking about using NB American Wheat for the base and adding extract... How much and of what kind of Apricot extract would you suggest for a 5gal batch (NB Extract American Wheat)

Ok -- I'll rack it, fill the empty space w/ CO2 (burp it to get the O2 out) and then leave it alone until I'm ready to force carb. Thanks!

I plan to rack to the cornie, let it sit for 4 weeks or so, and then force carb. Should I burp or no? :-) And thank you all!

If I rack to a Keg, do I want to 'burp' the keg, or do I want to let any additional CO2 build up in the keg? This will be the time for conditioning, and my intention is not to drink it yet.

What is acceptable from off the shelf apple juice? ascorbic acid? calcium lactate? Maltodextrin? Is from concentrate ok?

Please do!

I too just made a Strong Dark belgian, 9.9lbs of Golden Light, 1.5 pounds of Dark Candi. I only used 1 smack pack of Wyeast 1388, was this too little? Recipe only called for one...

I just brewed a Belgian Dark Strong ale, 2 1/2 gallons boiled, 3 in the fermenter. After about 18 hours I had about 1" or a little more of head/krausen on my beer, but I noticed that the beer was layed with the heavy wart at the bottom (I didn't get a good mix when I syphoned the wart into...

Ok -- should I shake the Fermenter to mix the contents?

OK - so I have a Belgian Dark Strong ale that I boiled. It called for 9.9 pounds of Light Golden and 1.5lbs of Dark Candi Sugar. I boiled 2 1/2 gallons of water, and added 3 to the primary fermenter. My starting gravity was 1.115 but the recipe expected 1.088. I'm thinking I just got...