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I just started a batch on Sunday. It's crazy that I can actually hear it fermenting. haha :drunk:

Since I don't plan on moving for another year at least, I think I just may do that! :ban:

Yeah, the airlock was on it. Some of the water in side the lock got pushed out, but I don't think anything got sucked back in. :confused:

I have a batch that's been fermenting for 2 months now (1 in primary, 1 in secondary). I had to move of my apartment and while moving the mead got a pretty vigorous shaking. It sloshed all over inside of the carboy. Is the mead ruined? I was going to rack this weekend, but if it's not worth it...

Here's a question. For those of you who rehydrate your yeast, do you heat up some apple juice, cool it down, and add the yeast? Or do you use water? Or pitch it dry? :drunk:

Is it only beer that gets ruined from light? Or can carbonated apfelwein or mead get affected by UV light as well? I was intending to store mostly still mead or apfelwein in these and I was more concerned that if I decided to carbonate in these bottles that they might break or explode.

Anyone ever used these to bottle carbonated beers/mead/apfelwein? I bought a few to bottle some still drinks but if they can stand up to the carbonation process I might use them for that. Either way, cool bottles for $1.99 each :) http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50108908

Cool, thanks for your help! :)

Thanks for the advice. I guess I'll hold off on that. Another question: Would doing 3 gallons of primary fermentation in a 5 gallon carboy also be a bad thing?

Hey all, My mead is just about ready to be racked for the first time. My mead is in a thee gallon carboy and I have an empty 5 gallon carboy that can be used. My brew shop is currently out of 3 gallon carboys and they have no eta on when they'll be getting a new shipment. Would it be a bad...

I have the plastic bucket with the standard hole. It was plugged with the rubber stopper and the stopper's smaller hole was plugged with the airlock. the blow off tube was then attached to the airlock. Sure, I could have posted about what to do but it was 2:30am when I got back from work...

I started out with a Heifeweizen brew and was instructed by my brew supplier to hook up a blow off tube. I went ahead and did this and the brew decided to explode while I was away at work. I don't know how long it was sitting out in the open, but I dumped the whole batch. I'm totally bummed now...

Thanks for the advice. I supposed it would be wise to invest in another carboy so I can still brew beer in between mead fermentation. :tank: :fro:

Hey all, I just bought my first brew kit and will be brewing my first batch of beer this weekend. After I bottle it in a few weeks I plan on brewing some mead. My question is this: After I ferment it for a few weeks in my secondary fermentor, can I transfer it to wine bottles/beer bottles and...