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Does it matter whether you take the gravity reading before or after you degas?

Your recipe (for 5 gallons) calls for 2 upfront. I think I only put in 1. SG was 1.1 when I pitched the starter last night. This afternoon, around 2pm, it was between 1.09 & 1.08. I going to degas again in a bit and fully expect it to be close enough to 1.076 to add the second round...

OK, what's worse (using the new SNA sched w/Fermaid O ): too much K or too little? I seem to experience brain farts when doing something important. :( I can't remember if I put in 1or 2 tsp. of K when I mixed up the must. I just pitched the starter about an hour ago...... Not...

I just went with the regular starter.

Sorry, still doesn't make sense to me how to add an already started 1 gallon batch to 4 gallons of...... what? What about feeding the 1 gallon batch? Then when it's added to 4 gallons (of?), start all over with the feedings? *sigh* Guess I'm just not smart enough to figure it all out...

So just subtract the ingredients used in the starter from the total amounts used in the 5 gallon recipe? Because there's a huge difference in the amounts used in the regular starter and a 1 gallon recipe. In the first place, the starter only uses 1/2 cup of honey and a gallon batch uses ~2.5...

I want to try this, but I'd like to (eventually) make a 5 gallon batch since the 1388 is hard for me to get and kind of expensive for only a 1 gallon batch. I have all the stuff BUT I don't have a stir plate. What is the best way for a complete newbie to go: 1) Go ahead and try the 5...

I'm REALLY new to this also, but....... I've been reading NOT to use distilled, use spring water.

I just started a 1 gal. batch of cranberry tonight. 2 cans of cranberry concentrate 2+ lbs. of sugar (didn't stop pouring quick enough) 1 tsp yeast nutrient Montrachet yeast spring water to neck of 1 gal. jug I have a hydrometer on order but it won't get here until next week. This is...

Yes, that's what I thought too, but it gave me no option for that. :( Update! I figured out that I had to actually go to "check out" to get the "deliver free to store and pick up" option. LOL

Well, I checked Sam's Club for the one that you linked to...... they don't carry it in any of the Sam's in my area. :( I also double-checked about the one from Walmart with the handle and they will charge me shipping, which would make it more than just buying the 5 gallon Primo bottle...

I read the reviews and someone else was skeptical about the handle also, but then said that it held up very well. I guess I could get one to try it out and then just use it to treat my water with the campden tablets or Vit. C. I checked Menard's online and couldn't find any large water...

1 gal. JAOM & 1 gal. plain mead 205 + 2 = 207

How about this bottle? Do you think this one would work? It's actually a lot cheaper than the one I was looking at before. I have access to a Walmart to pick it up but not a Sam's Club for the one you linked to. https://www.walmart.com/ip/American-Maid-5-gal-Water-Bottle/51200565

Do you like one over the other? Stopper or cap? Also, do you have any issues with all the ribs in that bottle?

Thanks! What do you use to cap them and/or use for the airlock? I was looking at getting some of the orange carboy caps. Those are supposed to fit water bottles also.

By the way, does anyone actually use the water bottles and, if so, what is your experience with them? I'm concerned about the fact that they have a handle on the side. Does that present issues trying to clean and sanitize them?

I'm glad you asked because I was just wondering the very same thing after reading a few recipes. ;)

https://inspiredliving.com/chloramine-filters/vitamin-c-removes-chloramines.htm

I'm not as worried about the chlorine - that can be dissipated out or filtered out pretty easily. It's the chloramine that worries me. Everything I've found (so far) says that filtering only works with a carbon filter - a VERY expensive one (which I can't afford) - and is very slow. But...