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I saw a sticky post in the Cider forum about pasteurizing cider on a stove which allows you to back-sweeten/carbonate with fermentable sugars and not get bottle bombs. I was wondering if anyone has tried or if this can be done this with mead. I'm not sure if it will produce some negative...

I started a batch on 5/14/11 with an OG of 1.090 and it's been at 1.0 for a week now (6/5/11) and I haven't noticed any activity in the airlock. I was wondering if I should wait or go ahead and prime & bottle? I used 5.5 grams (1/2 pack) Nottingham Ale Yeast which I thought would give me around...

I started a 3 gallon batch on 5/20/11 using: - 11 lbs wildflower - 3 lbs fresh strawberries in primary (capped) and will add 4 lbs more in secondary - 2 Gallons Spring Water - 1 pk Lalvin D47 - stag nutrients - pectic enzyme OG was 1.130 and now a little over 2 weeks into it (6/5/11) the SG...

I started my first batch of Apple Passion Mango cider on May 14th. OG was 1.090 and I used 5.5 grams (half pack) of Nottingham Ale Yeast. It's been 11 days and my SP is at 1.010 which by my calculations is 10.8% ABV though I may have calculated something wrong. I don't mind it being a bit...

I just made my first 3 gallon batch of cider and used 5.5 grams (1/2 pack) of Nottingham Ale Yeast. It's been 24 hours and I'm not seeing any bubbling and I have no air leaks. Should I have used the entire pack of yeast? Or is this type of yeast slower to get going (I'm used to Lalvin 1118 &...

Hello All, I'm a noob and getting ready to start a new batch of mead and I'm wanting to try to mix a few flavors to try different combination. Instead of co-fermenting, I'm going to make a small batch of each flavor and then mix them once they are finished. I'll start with a traditional...

I've got two batches of my first mead fermenting and the bubbles seem to be slow but maybe this is normal. I have a 3 piece airlock and using I'm using Lalvin 1118 yeast in each gallon jug and they produce bubbles about every 20 seconds now which is down from last week when one was every 7...

I'm attempting my first batch of mead (1 gallon regular mead and 1 gallon orange mead) and I added the nutrients to the regular mead (I didn't use any in the orange mead) about 15 hours after adding the yeast, based on the advice of the local brew supply shop owner who said it would be fine, and...