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    Taste like cough syrup

    So i finished my first 6.5 gal batch by breaking it down into one gal to clear and then racked again in to swing tops. I used meta and finishing to prevent renewed fermenting but still got some less in the bottom of my swing tops so I am sure it restarted briefly i am wondering if the cough...
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    Brewers in Michigan

    I am also looking for good deals on swing tops
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    Brewers in Michigan

    It's hard to find items for sale here in my local area so here is a place for my fellow Michiganders I'm looking for glass carboys 3, 5, or 6 gal looking for good deals thanks.
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    Steam Distillation of Hops

    I bought a soxhlet on e bay if you use a mesh bag or filter bag in place of the thimble there is plenty of room for the hopps
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    Wintergreen mead

    Hi every one I'm new Today I was thinking about the wintergreen that use to grow near my grandparents cabin and I started thinking about what a wintergreen berry mead might taste like. Has anyone ever tryed this? or maybe have an idea how much wintergreen I might need to do a gallon test run ?
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    Newbie: Where do you purchase honey?

    My local brewing store sells it by the pound for a reasonable price
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    First time, and it's pretty weird

    Raw honey has lots of wild yeast already in it
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    Bee question

    It looks to me like the comb is just aged and honey can be a variety of colors depending the flowers it is made from. Buckwheat honey is almost black. So as long as it isn't growing fur or smells like paint your probably fine
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    How many gallons of mead? 2017

    5 gal generic honey blend + 1gal cranberry blossomhoney +1 Spring blossom blend +1 gall buckwheat and orange blossom for a grand total of 7 gal brewing
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    First Mead in Underway! Triple Berry.

    I am doing my first get bottles of mead also, and just like you I started reading this forum after fermenting started. Hahaha "de gassing what's that" I said. Your not alone my friend but it's so much fun.
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    Weird bitterness

    My first ever one gallon batch did this in the end I decided it had gone sour I assumed due to some lack of sterilization on my part. I dumped it and tried again with better success so far. Hopefully you find a better solution I would cry if I had to dump 15 gallons of good brew.
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    Going deep

    There Was only 3lbs of honey to begin with but being my first go I probably read the hydrometer wrong
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    Going deep

    I'm on month 3 for most of my one Gallon starts fermenting at 65-68° I can't seem to figure out why it is taking so much longer to finish fermenting I started at 1.15 hoping for a good sweet finish with d47
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    Aerating vs Degassing

    This is the first I have read about degassing is it critical to do ? Am I ruining my mead with my ignorance?
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