Recent content by ThorH

unfortunately, i don't have my technical notes handy as my brewing partner has my journal and he just moved to Kentucky, so i don't recall my exact readings/measurements

Do you think it would be too late to add more honey to the finished product, or would it just be best to try again with another batch?

I did a 5 gallon batch of honey mead about 10 months ago that finished fermenting, spent a few months conditioning in the carboy then finally moved into bottles (no carbonating). The mead itself came out very much drinkable, had a decent alcohol content (I believe it was in the 12% range), but...

I did a blueberry honey mead about 8 months ago and i discovered that the simpler the recipe the better it came out, instead of fruit i used about a quart or two of blueberry juice that i got from an organic food store with about 10lbs of honey for a five gallon batch and after about 6 months of...

I started a 5 gallon batch of raspberry apple cider a little over a month ago. Took a taste today and found that it is extremely tart. I believe that the raspberry puree I used may have been too much, the ingredients I used were: 4 gallons of organic apple juice 1qt. of raspberry puree 1...

I have a case or two of flip-top bottles that should do the trick, I wasn't sure if I could just put the finished cider straight into the bottles or not, or if I should put something in there. Thanks for the help, I'll put some pictures up of my set up here in a few days when I get a chance

The videos were quite informative however, I'm looking to bottle a non-carbonated cider, is there a preferred way that people normally go about this that can be explained to me in simple terms?

I have a 5gallon batch of raspberry apple cider that just finished fermenting, I want to bottle it without carbonating it but am a little confused as to how this is done. Can someone please explain the process I use in which to bottle a still cider? And please make it rather simple, I'm...

Your support truly means a lot to me and I appreciate you taking the time to post this

Yeah, the little bit of down time I had needed to be filled with learning something, and though I had a grasp on the basics of homebrewing, (being raised in the South) I had no idea of exactly how to go about making it a reality. All in all, had I not deployed, I would not have this website...

Just out of curiosity, I have read that some mead yeasts are good for ABV of 10-11%, would they need to be stabilized?

I spent hours upon hours during my last deployment doing brew research all over the net trying to get some book learning in on how to get my brew on when i got back, and somewhere along the way I stumbled onto this site and use it the most when doing some homework on various brew recipes...