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So I brewed my first batch on Thursday. Everything went really well. Took a little longer to cool down the wort than I expected but other than that, smooth sailing. By that night, my airlock was bubbling away. I'd say a bubble every 2-3 seconds. Friday, it seemed to have slowed down slightly...

I know that the primary fermenter bucket is normally a little more than 5 gallons to compensate for the krausen that builds up. So that means I would be safe using just a normal 5 gallon bucket as a secondary, as there shouldn't be any krausen in it, right? Just don't want to pay $15 for a...

So a good friend of mine is hosting a viking themed party in November (very early planning, I know). He knows that I'm beginning to get into mead and asked if I would make a few batches for the party. That gives me about 3-4 months. I already have a 'Joe's Quick Grape' going and will be doing...

So I have no way of actually weighing my honey. Does anyone know approx. how many cups would be the equivalent of one pound?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/joes-quick-grape-mead-57190/ So a buddy and I just made this a couple days ago. Unfortunately, we didn't pay very close attention and used a 96oz bottle of juice instead of 64oz ::facepalm:: What can we expect to get out of this? Will it just be really...

So long story short, I've been contemplating getting into the home brew hobby for quite some time and I've finally decided to dive in. I'm getting all the equipment together that I need to get started and I just have one question. Is there a reason using a carboy as a fermentor is better than...