Recent content by nomile

Yup, owner would like 550.

Sold - thanks for the interest! quick mover.

It appears to me that stirring serves as both. The fermentation is definitely a LOT faster, and seems to get good reviews by several writers whom I assign more authority than myself :) . There are two docs that indicate that aeration/degassing (I don't think you can aerate w/o degassing, but you...

Howdy all, I am in my second year of mead-making, and have learned a lot from year one - I think. I just started my first batch for this year, and wanted to try out some of the more sophisticated approaches (SNA, daily stirring, etc). Seems to be helping a LOT! Right now, I am curious if...

Good point - I think I used 8lbs in that much water...

I just started in meads myself (not having done any other homebrew), and my first batches used minimal amounts of nutrient, no degassing, no additional oxygenating, nothing. They took forever to ferment. I started 2 1-gal batches that way. Then i read a lot more on this forum, as well as Ken...

Old post, but I thought I'd throw this in: 500mL and 1L.

I started beekeeping last year, and had a fantastic first year at about 50 lbs. (Usually first year one gets minimal honey harvest b/c bees are building up the hive) The greatest number I've heard about in my beekeeping club was ~200lbs from one hive (in a killer year). Varies greatly. I hope I...

As a hobbyist beekeeper in CO, that's dirt-cheap.

I'm just getting started with meads myself, and have learned a few things. Most importantly, oxygen and nutrients are key in straight meads. My first mead started in November, and only had malt extract in a starter for nutrients, no additional aeration etc. For my fourth mead (loooots of reading...

Yeah... there seems to be a fine line between carbonation and detonation... No fun with glass bottles and mead.

I'm going to repost what I posted earlier in the hopes it doesn't get drowned by another aside into fermentation behavior at higher alcohol levels: I was buying dry ice recently and noticed that the dry ice manufacturer had included a "recipe" for homemade soda. It entailed putting some small...

Wow - looks fantastic! How does it taste? I know it's early, but I'm sure you tried a bit of it? I'll have to post on my 4 batches soon, once I have something interesting happening.

I was buying dry ice recently and noticed that the dry ice manufacturer had included a "recipe" for homemade soda. It entailed putting some small quantity of dry ice into a bottle (PET for their case), adding flavored sugar water, and capping. Voila - sparkling fizzy drink. That got me thinking...

Summersolstice, Any update on this one? Sounds great!