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Thanks for the replies folks! I am aiming for the lemon to bring out the blueberry flavor and accent it. I want to be able to taste it for sure but it should not be the star. I have 2 lemons at my disposal for this 1 gallon batch.

Hello, Making a blueberry lemon melomel. First mead ever. I added 3 lbs honey, energizer, nutrients, and 1 lbs of frozen blueberries to the primary. That sat for exactly 2 weeks in primary. I had the blueberries in a pantyhose sock in primary. After I transferred to the secondary I noticed...

Well I just simply thought that blueberry and lemon work so well together I wanted to shoot for that flavor combo in the final mead. I made skeeter pee (lemon wine)once and it turned out fantastic. Come to think of it I'm pretty sure I used D-47 yeast for that too. Not sure what TA stands for...

Hello everyone! I've made plenty of beer and such but this will be my first mead/melomel. I've tried to find info on this site, youtube, and the internet with lots of mixed ingredients listed. I just need some formulation help. 1 gallon batch. 3 pounds honey, 1 pound frozen blueberries 2...

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Hello forum folk, I've got a quick question for you. I'm about to brew a one gallon batch of a hard ginger ale. The recipe calls for 2 oz of rolled oats oatmeal but my local homebrew store sold me flaked oats instead. Will there be any difference in the final product? Is this a problem...

Any idea what would cause a pineapple off flavor? Or is it just the Columbus hops?

Ok guys time for an update on my 2 one-gallon batches... Again these were my first 2 all grain batches. Here is the first recipe and the one I have a question about. Style (BJCP):* 07. India Pale Ale - India Pale Ale Volume in US Gallons:* 1 gal All Grain Ingredients:* 2 lb American 2-row malt...

So I opened up my 2 first all grain batches tonight and the perle is pretty pale which is pretty cool and the NW IPA smells a little odd but ok. Not as hoppy as expected either. But I did add my dry hops tonight. A little under .25oz of perle in the perle beer and a whopping .40oz of Columbus...

Worst case scenario use some food grade silicon caulk around the rim on the inside of the caps to help seal it. Give it a try! And for the label try acetone and maybe some 1000 or 1500 grit sand paper. And I'm a huge collector of random cool shaped bottles

You could use vodka and the zest to make a lime zest extract and just pour the extract in the beer. Soak the zest in the vodka for a week then strain it and pour the vodka in.

I found this big bottle at the local Ross store for like $9 bucks! Just seems right to ferment beer in a big beer bottle! I like that big bottle of yours as well but I might have to remove that label LoL. And Google it. You just might find caps that size. You never know.

Sorry looks like the second pic didn't come through before

Here is another picture for scale.

So you guys think this giant beer bottle will work well for a secondary fermenter? 2.5 year old for scale.