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5 gallon apple juice, honey up to 6 gallon mark.... sg 1.120~ 10g lalvin k1-v1116 (an amount) ferm O didnt measure just dusted while stirring... a wine cork size amount 10g?

Im going to put 4 gallons juice and add honey until its 1.13 sg, then upscale to keep it around that sg for 6 gallons I might keep track and post my numbers

So I decided I want to use apple juice instead of water. I looked at several search results for the topic and nothing was direct enough for my brain. Specific question. Do I use a juice wine calculator, and replace sugar with honey 1 to 1? I know juice has its own sugar content, and you need...

Yeah I got 4 more carboys and have already brewed more... I have 3 fails where I did 2 lb honey 1 lb frozen fruit strawberry, blueberry, and cherry... they all came out kinda gross, especially the strawberry. Also did 3 clover 1 orange blossom 3lbs each... the clover is super good havent racked...

So we racked both D47 carboys into 34oz bottles, the raw honey came out to 13% abv and the wildflower came out to a little over 16%. Both have subtle honey flavor, the wildflower16% is dry. We also racked both wines, and they are pretty good. Just started a white grape wine in one of the empty...

Racked the D47 with raw honey to some bottles, and it has a sort of fake taste, like plastic almost. It is drinkable but just has a weird flavor in it like drinking from a hot cheap plastic bottle. Any ideas what that might be, or is it common for some people to taste that in a D47 yeast...

So I tested one of the carboys today, and it went from 1.112 to 1.009 in 7 days. Is that a normal rate? And we poured our gravity test mead into cup and are drinking it, anyone else do this? Tastes kind of like honey and pineapple....

Degassed and added 1/2 tsp ferm-o... almost had an eruption on one. Also, was looking at my notes and used a tsp to gram calculator and it says yeast is 4.68g per tsp. I used a 10g packet of MO5 and only scooped out half, so I must have been using a 1/2tsp scoop. I will change it in my notes.

So my carboys have slowed down a lot, I gave them a few swirls and they bubbled a lot, but seem to be producing considerably less bubbles.... I added 1 tsp ferm-o when I started them, and I seen a lot of people say they dont use any nutrients and some say add it several times... Its been 2 days...

Airlocks are working. Bubbles have already started. :thumbsup:

I guess I should ask before I ruin a counter-top.... Is there a way to stop or prevent overflowing foam? Either before I see it, as I see it, or after it starts erupting. Based on what happened with my juice bottle wine and the feeble attempt I made to "fix" it, I feel like swirling, shaking...

The D47 overflowed the grape juice around the 15hr mark, which is why they are in a sheetpan now. The house is kept around 75. Ill definately keep an eye on the D47s.

Started my brew log. Will update here with any info or opinions on the airlocks specifically. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/just-started-the-hobby-brew-log.728325/

Just started the hobby, watched probably 100 hours of how to etc. and decided "Hey.. I drink lets make it myself" and dropped a few bucks into starting. Im going to keep my first set of "projects" updated here for... whatever reason. Everything was sprayed and/or rinsed with 1step sanitizer...

There are 2 small holes on the top surface, I haven't really messed with it much, I could use some positive pressure from the bottom on a water bottle or something to see how it works. It just seems odd looking at it from the side, like if any gas goes in water would have to come out. It looks...

Thanks, that is what I assumed. I plan to keep an eye on it as much as possible until I see it work. Im just confused by this design as to where the air or water will go as it "fills" with gas.

So I just started the hobby and ordered some carboys with airlocks, the airlock I got I have not see anyone use in any of the media I looked at for educating myself. There is a water line on the airlock and the lid snaps down. When the lid is off the water is at the line, but when the lid is...