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Stated more plainly, are there going to be any negative effects of racking my mead to a plastic carboy for less than a month? I doesn't seem like that should be a problem, but I'm hoping for an opinion or two. I want to rack off the sediment but I only have to 5 gallon carboys - one glass and...

Ok. First, the back story. started a 5 gallon batch, fermented in a plastic vessel down to 1.000, about 16 days total. A week later, it was still 1.000. I racked it to a glass carboy and onto campden tabs (crushed up in a little warm water) and potassium sorbate. I let it sit another 2...

degassed and took a gravity reading at 1.08. 61 degrees in the chamber.

I de-gassed and took a reading - 1.090 Temps hanging about 64 degrees right now. the cooler is working amazingly well, changing 2 liter bottles about ever 12 hours

Well, almost 24 hours later, fermentation is going well. My cool-brewing chamber is working - I'm still dialing in the amount of frozen 2 liters to use, but two 2liters got it down to 71 degrees, 3 brought it to 63. I'm back to two 2 liters now. Going to degas and take a gravity at noon

S04 is my go to yeast for cider. Never had anything but excellent results from it.

So, tomorrow is pitching day. I have: Yeast Nutrient Yeast Energizer Potassium Bicarb DAP Fermaid K Go Ferm 10g of 71b yeast 7 gallons of water (more than i need) 15+ lbs of honey (more than I need) Going to follow basic mead recipe in the sticky. Pitching Day: I'm going to re-hydrate with...

The contents, nutritional or otherwise, contained in post-fermentation cider may not be good for the body but they are wonderful for the soul. Since my soul will last far longer than this frail body, I know which way I'm going.

My wife surprised me with a cool brewing fermentation cooler! Can't wait to put it into play. July 3rd, first mead adventure!

It may be blasphemy, but i never use a hydrometer on cider after figuring out the OG and that just to estimate the alcohol content. I almost always backsweeten with honey. I like the flavor. Now, one time I did put wildflower honey in primary and backsweetened with table sugar (because I ran...

You're going to get lots of advice. I'd like to be the first :) I have made about 50 gallons of cider over the last year and a half or so. I have only ever shaken when i pitched and not even always then. My amateur opinion is that it isn't as important with cider as mead. Then again, I...

ok, I now have everything I need to start the mead, minus some go-ferm and the honey, which I should have next week. I decided to go with the D71.

I actually do have a hydrometer and testing vessel, but i do not have a thief that fits into my 1 gallon carboys, so I never used it beyond taking OGs of ciders. Now, I'm going to buy a second 5 gallon carboy and, I suppose, a wine thief. I have one 5 gallon carboy now, but I never bothered...

I'm going to start with 15 lbs of honey (5 gallon batch). The recipe says this will be about 1.10 OG. Should I not add all 15lbs - reserving some for backsweetening perhaps and thus lower the OG? I don't know if I can get more than the 15 pounds of honey to start with, so I have to operate...

Sorry - I didn't see a link in your signature. I would like to read the article. I do have one question. My idea is to get a yeast that can tolerate about 8 to 10% ABV and stop, leaving a sweet mead for bottling at the end of things. Any good yeast advice? also, i've been reading a lot...

Hey all, Disclaimer, I read a page or two back but didn't search. I want to start my very first mead. I've been making apple cider for over a year but I took it in my head to start a mead on the 4th of July with an eye towards drinking at christmas/new years. I want to go very simple at...

wow. I bottled the hopped stuff in very late march. It was so bad I called it a bottled April Fool's joke. Tried one last night after posting. All I can say is.. WOW. the difference is amazing. I may have to do another batch and just not touch it for 3 months again! Actually, I was...

although I felt creepy buying 2 gallons of it... since I don't have any babies in the house.

a week. your comment made me go get one and pop it in the fridge. we'll see how it goes :)

i dry hopped 1 oz for 2 days. it wasn't the best thing I'd ever produced. next time, i'm going to use .5 oz for 1 day and taste...