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I got this on the top of my mead in the secondary,is it normal and what is it?

Thank you for your response.. Anyone else?

Which yeast would you use for Raspberry and/or Blueberry wine? Or is there another strain that you would recommend. I may be experimenting by mixing the 2 when they are both done.How about EC-1118,I have 3 packages of it but I don't think it's a good strain for fruit wines.

I just picked 8 lbs of wild red raspberries,I made the rookie mistake of putting them all in a big bucket and the ended up smashed.I just put them in bags and put them in the freezer. How do I wash them without losing the juice(if possible) what are the risks if I don't wash them?

Great input... Thank you all for the answers.. How about if I add Blueberries,will the honey fight the "spoilage critters"?

I picked up 15 lbs of unfiltered(but strained) Wildflower honey from someone that sells local honey,she said that it's not pasteurized (she doesn't think) Should I add campden tablets to the primary? Also who has a good recipe for blueberry mead?.. TY

I'm sure this has been answered before but my search on here hasn't come up with the answer. I'm going to be making some wine using some recipes from "The Alaskan Bootleggers Bible". when they say to add sugar are they talking about regular granulated sugar? ty

Thanks for all the responses.... I was under the impression that there couldn't be that much head space in the fermenting buckets so it's ok for the primary but not the secondary?

Ok.. I keep reading these recipes for one gallon of wine,to make it a short question. can I make 1 gallon of wine in a 5 gallon ail pail or will it be too much head space? If not where can I get smaller pails/ for a gallon of wine I would need about a 2 1/2 gallon pail correct? please help,it's...

No I wasn't,I dried them off and let them set for a day and they still did it

These are brand new,I opened them and drank the beer. I filled them with water,if I turn them upside down and shake them,water comes out,not a lot but I can feel them sprinkling water

Does anyone reuse Grolsch bottles? I wanted to use them but when I filled them with water I turned them upside down and shook them,when I did that I could feel the water coming out in little sprinkles. Any suggestions?

I'm talking about back sweetening fermented cider

Ok .. If I back sweeten with apple juice concentrate,can I just add it then pasteurize it? I don't care how much carbonation it has.

Pappers...Sorry for seeming stupid with the questions,but this is my very first time of making cider. How do I make a sweet or semi sweet cider that isn't carbonated without making bottle bombs if there's no need to pasteurize it after back sweetening it,I really don't want to use any chemicals...