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Back in Sept I started a Habanero mead 1 gallon, I used a med sized Habanero out of my garden weighing in at 7.7 grams. I used 2.75 pounds of honey BC #1 gold. I just sanitized the out side of the pepper and cut in half then pitched to the primary. I used lalvin EC-1118 and the OG was 1.095 so...

Yea, I understand that honey is anti-septic+, Since these first 4 meads are melomels and the hab mead I am not to worried about the subtle floral notes due to the fact the fruit will be the main star, and they will be consumed within a year. In the future when making just straight mead I will...

I must say this is a very addicting craft, I work at a brewery full time, just started brewing mead 3 weeks ago. So far I have a Strawberry/vanilla Mead, Nectarine/Orange Mead, Black Berry mead and a Habanero Mead(just made today) Here is a link to a few pictures of my mead making...

I got the idea for using Nesquick coco milk mix from this topic https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/our-chocolate-mead-experiment-94358/index6.html In his findings it cleared out and tasted better then other coco powders/syrup and bars. As for the coffee I am on the fence about it, I will...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Lalvin D-47 Yeast Starter: No Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 1 Original Gravity: N/A Final Gravity: N/A IBU: NA Boiling Time (Minutes): NA Color: ? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): NA Additional Fermentation: NA...

That link is very helpful, Are yeast can be very thick, if so I would only need 60mls for a 23 liter batch, that does not sound like much, I guess I will see when I try Thanks Would it be bad to add a little more yeast then needed

I am going to assume that a starter yeast is alot different then collected yeast, that's the hard part is figuring out how much I am going to need

The yeast is Dry English Ale Yeast, and my kit is Brew house Red Ale The OG should be around 1.050 and the total volume will be 23 liters. The yeast is newer we started using it a month ago, it has been used in 4-5 batches at our brewery. I can use the yeast the day it is collected when we transfer

I currently work at a craft brewery and am able to get live yeast, whenever the brewer collects, the question is would it be beneficial to use the live yeast over the coopers packet that comes with the kit?. Also how much live yeast would I use with a standard brewhouse kit Thanks, Shea