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2/10/2016 Blubery 12 lbs kikland 4 lbs of crahsed bluberies 4.5 Gal of spring water SNA 8 days 17.5 brix at pitching Lavlin EC 1118 - Does any one know a better one for dry mels ? to Secondary, +8 lbs of crushed blueberies (Frozen berries were on discount at supermarket.)...

Hi, This is for a 5 gal batch. I have 1 gal of Blood Orange juice. I don't know how much to put in primary and now much in secondary. Can I freeze fresh juice till secondary in 8-10 days? Size of secondary is 5 gal. Primary 10 lbs Honey from Costco 1/2 gal of fresh blood orange juice...

I have amazon prime. I use "Hose and Racking Cane" I never had a good racking/bottling system. I manage not to spill a substantial quantity like some brewers I know. But I always oxygenate while transferring, and sometimes even sediment gets in. I do not use standard carboys or...

Slightly confused by Clementine-mead recipes I found online. Any-one had any luck ? I am thinking of using equal parts Clementines and Honey, 12% alcohol - 18% yeast tolerance. 9 lbs clementines (Primary/Secondary)? 10 lbs Honey Do I need to deal with acidity and PH ...

I have: A batch size 5 gal. 1 gal of honey to get 10-12% using 18% alcohol tolerance yeast. 10 Pomegrnates whole organic juice consecrate to make 2.5 gal of juice (normal consistency.) in looking for discussions online I figured It's hard to make a bad mead :) This time I am...

Background on me: About 2-3 years ago I did 2 batches of mead an never brewed anything until now. I started using Refractometer since this brix thingy does not use up as much mead as that OG thingy.. So I have been recording everything to Brix. Based on this, my latest mead which is...

I have 24 carrot crystal vine glassware and my glass beer mug that is also used as a coffee mug and water mug... I just refer to it as The Mug :) But seriously, what do you drink mead out of ? thanks

Being a beer lover and coming into mead from beer brewing, I am aware of beer brew software. But it's not the same for mead. What software are you using ? Thanks :)

Hi, i am working on planing out this recipe 5 gallon fermentation vessel (4-4.5 gallons in the primary ) 7.5 lbs of honey 250g ginger 100g dried ginsheng Lalvin Dried Wine Yeast EC 1118 Any heads up on how to add ginger and ginseng ? I can boil it in some water or add it to...

This is worth sharing :) 5 gallon fermenting vessel 15 lbs of Kirkland Honey Dynamic Health 100% Pure Organic Certified Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate, 16-Ounce 19% alcohol tolerance white labs champagne yeast SNA Fermi Dap I do not boil honey use Poland spring water. Aged...

Basically I pulled the cherries 3 days in to the fermentation where it already went from 29 brix to 9. Now, I wanted the tasty cherries to eat with friends now. (The cherries are really awesome by the way) I want to keep these cherries for a week. I put them with some of the mead into the...

what technique would you recommend for backsweteenting and also how much honey to use ?

Should I be steering the mead till it's fermented or should I steer it only till it's at 50% of it's final gravity ? Not sure here and keep reading conflicting opinions online. Thank you.

While doing my weekly shopping at my regular Supermarket (Shopright) I picked up a pack of Red Zinger Hibiscus Tea , Umm.. What do you guys think about using it? Would you use it all or would you rather use dried hibiscus flowers from some online store? How much would you use for a 5gal...

Hi All, This is my first mead wanted to hear opinions of more experienced people: 5 gal batch (5 gal fermenter). 15 lbs of clover flower honey from cosco. about 3 lbs of sweet cherry White Labs - Champagne Yeast WLP715 .5 oz of cascade boil 45 min .5 oz cascade boil 5 min SNA OG: 1.135...

I have not yet brewed a mead, and so I am trying to do research (hey better make a fool of myself on the Internet then with my drink :) Any-way, I have found some interesting numbers on-line, and I am sure those are important, just can't completely figure out how important...

the drink... not the actor ! I wanted to try mead making and was thinking of what to do for "my first mess". Since Rowan fermentation comes from the age of Vikings and Mead was never consumed in the Norse, guess it's only appropriate... :) So I am hoping to get some suggestions and...

Belgian Tripel - "A" OG - 1.093 Fermentation start 01/20/12, bottled/keged this week as secondary, At bolting 1.022 (01/28/12) today 02/03 I am at 1020... tasty bastard, don't think it will make it to full age :) :mug: IBU- 29.5 Belgian Tripel - "B" OG - 1.122 (I goofed). Fermentation...

How do you guys control the foam of the finished beer? Some beers are more foamy then others... Is this just carbonation ?

I was thinking and it's not just the beer talking, but why do they call it "carboy" ? ...umm... as opposed to a cargirl or even a carperson ? :cool: