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in :)

sounds good :)

count me in. would be a great bday present to myself on the 28th. lol

looks amazing. im in :)

this is my first attempt at a mead. 5 gallon batch with 15 pounds of honey. it has been fermenting for a month give or take a day. i figured by now it would be done and dry so i could filter the yeast then back-sweeten. no longer see any activity (no bubbles). i tested the batch and it is WOW...

so i have been making hard cider for a couple years now. i have always used a keg with force carbonation. i just got a new wine corker. i am wondering how non carbonated hard cider would fair in a wine bottle. i have a batch of mead fermenting right now which is why i got the corker but i dont...

i do. but i would have to cut it with something.

Has anyone here used buckwheat honey? If you have can you give me some details on it? I haven't seen any recipes that call for it. I'm going to be making my first batch later this week with clove honey but I can get buckwheat honey cheaper because of a neighbor that farms it.

upgrades would be so welcome! :)

ok. i dont have an issue with that. lol. but what does the boil do to the cider that makes you not want to boil?

going to be doing a few cider batches this year. local farm just got a press to rent out. ive done ciders from apple juice before but never straight from the press. should i boil the cider before fermenting it or can i just press and pitch?

going to be doing a few cider batches this year. local farm just got a press to rent out. ive done ciders from apple juice before but never straight from the press. should i boil the cider before fermenting it or can i just press and pitch?

i read about some hard lemonade with real lemons so i thought i would add 1 squeezed lemon with this batch of hefewiezen. its been 4 days since i pitched the yeast and i havent seen any activity. did the lemon screw the batch?

some friends wanted me to attempt a peach or apricot flavored beer. i know that i should add the fruit during fermentation but what i dont know is if i should boil it before adding to kill off any germs.

new to brewing myself but i think its sweet because you didnt give the yeast enough time to eat all the sugar you put in for carbing