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I broke down my 15 gallon batch of mead into 3 five gallon carboys (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=39135)... One carboy is plain mead with a bit of additional honey, the other one is mixed Blueberries and Blackberries, and the final one is mixed Raspberries and Blackberries...

The 'gold vs. stainless steel' (SS) pot debate pops up rarely, and given that we tend to see lots of new homebrewers enter the hobby shortly after Christmas, perhaps it is timely to post an FAQ on the subject. Q: Is an gold pot OK for a boiling kettle in homebrewing? My LHBS only recommends...

I looked for posts about this, but didn't find anything... Basically I added fruit to a mead and it started to ferment. This morning I looked at the 3 piece airlocks and found that the vodka was below the air outlets. Basically there seems to be back pressure in the carboy that's sucking in...

This is probably heresy, but has anyone heard about bittering beer with other plants in the same family as Hops? I'm sure it's either illegal, idiotic, or imbecilic... though there has to be something said for experimentation.

I made a beer that had this in it: 6lb Gold LME 2lb Light DME Specialty Grains (8oz Carapils, 8oz Carmel 40L) 1oz Chinook pellets, 2oz Amarillo pellets 5 Simcoe Hop Plugs So I was filling up a 6.5gallon carboy, and I guess I poured too much water in so the SG was at 1.050. Do you...

I'm not sure if this is foam or an infection... Any ideas? It's been fermenting it since 9-29-07 and took two samples with a Fermtech AutoSiphon which was sprayed with Clorox Cleanup and then washed before use. HighRes...

Alright I made an Apfelwein mod on 9-2-2007 which you can read about here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=37751 Basically the only difference was using ultra fine cane sugar vs. dextrose corn sugar. I tried it around 10-2-2007 and it was GREAT. It wasn't dry and was semi-sweet...

I bought five 1gallon jugs and have well over 5 gallons of treetop apple juice so I thought it would be interesting to compare some different yeasts. What sort of yeast would you recommend comparing? Right now I'm thinking of trying something like this: Muntons Ale Yeast Lalvin...

Hopefully Ed can agree that this meets his Apfelwein recipe to a close degree. It's 14 gallons of Treetop Apple Cider and 6lbs of Dextrose Corn Sugar. I used 3 packets of Montrachet Yeast which was reconstituted and mixed 1 tbs of yeast energizer in with the must. The final gravity as around...

I've started to use this to clean/sanitize a lot of my equipment. It's really seems to work great and it's phosphate free! I'm sure Colgate doesn't need me pushing their products for them but I really think other brewers might like it!

I tried the forced carbonation technique where you turn up the regulator to 60PSI, and shake your 5gal corny keg... This seemed to over carbonate the beer and it's very foamy. Dispensing it is like dispensing foam. The carbonation makes for a great head, but not for great pouring. I...

I made this last night and apparently stole some grapes that were for my girlfriends lunch. I'm not sure if it's wine or hooch, but we'll see... Basically I mixed the concentrate, jelly, sugar, heather tips and hand crushed grapes + stems together in a kettle. Added water till it was 3...

Here is the 15 gallons of mead I made today and what I did. Hopefully it's informative and as always any input is appreciated... Many thanks those who have given me suggestions already! Jonathan & Heidi Mead (OG 1.110 maybe a bit more) 6 Containers of Sams Club Pure Honey (Total 30lbs) 1...

I made a batch of Apfelwein and Panty Dropper today... Once they're done I'll distribute the nectar and see which one is the best. Now before either of the recipes authors gets their panties in a bunch, here are the modifications I made to each recipe. Modfied Apfelwein: OG 1.065 5 Gallons...

Has anyone here made hard apple cherry cider before? What did it turn out like and what was your recipe? I've been wondering what it would turn out like. Thanks!

I bought some of those temperature stickers and they're completely black... If I rub it a bit I get a 74 reading... Should I return the two I haven't applied? Am I missing something on their application? They didn't come with instructions and are similar to these...

How can you go about carbonating a cider? I've heard of people killing off the fermentation, and then using a keg with Co2 to carbonate it. Can you also wait until most of the fermentation is done in the carboy, and then put it into champaign bottles or Grolsch style bottles which will build...

How would you determine the alcohol content of a liquid or solid without the use of a hydrometer? Basically I'm trying to find out what sort of instruments or methods could be used to find out how much ethyl alcohol a substance had... but just ethyl alcohol and not similar molecules.

I tried to make some hard cider today. It's the first time I've tried to ferment anything so please be kind if I've done anything completely stupid. I bought a 3 gallon carboy and ground a ton of apples down. After squeezing them, I ended up with a bit more than a gallon of cider. To that I...