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    My First Mead. *Pic* Question.

    My first mead ever. I racked it to the secondary sunday and it cleared over night. I didnt add anything to it. It simply cleared on its on. I used a pound of raw local honey and 2 cups of brown sugar with Champaign yeast EC1118. It fermented to 10% ABV. My question is after I racked it to the...
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    Malted apple cider is HOT!

    recipe 1 gallon apple juice (no preservatives) 1 cup light DME 16oz honey 1/4 teaspoon s04 SG 1.070 racked to secondary 14 days from start, and took gravity reading about 0.996 so its dry that is right at 10% ABV GOD its HOT! Like almost Vodka HOT. It smells Wonderful just like...
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    Malted Cider still fermenting after 14 days?

    Recipe 1 gallon apple juice (no preservatives) 1 cup light DME golden malt. 16oz of Honey 1/4 tsp s04 Starting gravity 1.070 average temp is 68-70 degrees F It peaked on about day 3 with steady bubbles from the airlock by day 7 about 1 bubble a minute. On day 14 you can still hear it fizzing...
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    Major Issues with malted cider gravity might be to high?

    Just added 1 cup of water with 1 cup DME melted it and put it in 1 gallon of cider.....issue is I decided to add 1 pound of honey too....Well once all was mixed in an instant head formed. Even in my hydrometer flask I have a 1/8 inch head....Problem is I can't get an accurate reading with all...
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    How Much Safale S-04 to use on 1gal batch.

    I have a pack of Safale S-04 I usually only make small 1 gallon batches of cider and for that I use EC 1118 But I keep thinking it would be cool to use the pack of safale S-04 and maybe throw in some extra light DME. The thing is I have no idea how much Safale S-04 to use in a 1 gallon batch of...
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    First timer. Fermenting started FAST!

    Im attempting to make apple cider. my SG is 1.078 I used natural apple cider from the store with no added vitamin C. Its just straight apple juice. I added 2 cups of sugar. Im making a one gallon batch using ec1118 (gonna be DRY!) I used pectic enzyme and yeast nutrient correct dosages for both...
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