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Batch 1: 1 gallon batch 3.2 lbs wildflower honey (scaled down from 16 lbs in 5 gal batch) OG = 1.127 FG = 1.000 Lavlin 71b, staggered GoFerm/Fermaid K additions Batch 2: 1 gallon batch 2.6 lbs wildflower honey (scaled down from 12 lbs in 5 gal batch) OG = 1.095 FG = 0.995 Lavlin...

Does anyone have any old reading materials on how to harvest yeast / developing your own yeast strains? I imagine this is very advanced stuff but I think it would be cool to read about. Whether it be a whole book in the subject, a section f a book, or a lecture I can get to online, I'd love to...

Hello all, For my first time making mead, I made 4 1-gallon batches. 1) 4 pounds of honey, water 2) 3.2 pounds of honey 3) 2.4 pounds of honey, water 4) 3.6 pounds of honey, pasteurized but not preserved apple cider straight from source, 1.8 lbs cranberries in sanitized Muslin...

Ok this is a lot but hear me out: I've been looking into making mead for quite some time after being inspired by a tour of Moonlight Meadery in NH last year. I've been reading up (started reading The Compleat Meadmaker and have been poking around forums) and thought I'd give it a go this...

I brewed my first beer from a Brewer's Best IPA kit 10 days ago, and when I poured the wort to the primary, all of the hops and trub came along, too. This is something I'll try to avoid in the future, though from browsing these forums, it seems most think it's ok to dump everything in, as it...

Hello, everyone! I have my first ever batch fermenting nicely in the primary at the moment and will be racking to a secondary if today's gravity reading is the same as it was 3 days ago. I used the Brewers Best IPA extract kit. I hit a few snags (most notably it took me about an hour to cool...