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Hey all. I have my houblonmonstre triple IPA bottled on the 17th this month. They have been bottle conditioning since then in my closet at 70-72 degrees. I put a couple in the fridge the other day to let them get good and cold to try them out. The taste was great, I drank both of the ones I put...

I have a 5 gallon batch of this which has completed ferment. I started it on the first day of this month and it fermented out within the first week. I haven't done a secondary--it has stayed in the primary this whole time. I wonder if it would be ok to go ahead and bottle by the end of this...

Hey Folks, Just a quick question for ya... I have my NB Houblonmonstre Triple IPA in primary right now... It has been there since 9-1 and the airlock was rockin and rollin up until a day or two ago. It is still bubbling along but has slowed way down already. Is that fairly normal??? It stays...

Today I started my first batch of beer ever... Been making mead for a bit, but just started beer. I got the extract kit from Northern for Houblon Monstre Triple IPA. I love super hoppy and bitter beers with high ABV (so sue me). I got down to the last 5-7 minutes of the boil and guess what I...

I got an extract kit from NB called Houblonmonstre Tripel IPA. I am anxious to get it going and just have a few questions before I get going on it. 1. The procedure calls for a secondary lasting a month but states this can be eliminated by leaving the batch in primary for an extra week. If I...

Hey all. I have a 5 gallon batch of melomel that just completed ferment. I started the batch off as a traditional show mead and after ferment was all but finished I added 4 lbs of a fruit mixture of sliced strawberries, mangos, peaches, and pineapples and left it in for 1.5-2 weeks. I sampled...

Alright folks, here we go... This IS the easiest and least complicated method for making mead ever brought to light. I'm sure you will appreciate the ease involved in this process. Mix up your must of 5 or so gallons with roughly 10-15lbs honey--the rest water. Take the must out into the...

Hey all--I put together a traditional mead of between 5-6 gallons on 5-12-10 and I just want to go through the steps I took and see what you all have to say concerning my methods overall. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. I combined 18lbs clover honey with 3 gallons of water and...

My batch that was started on 12-24-09 is still fermenting, it's down to a gravity of 1.010 and still going. It started at a gravity of 1.122 so it's come a long way pretty quickly. When I took the gravity reading today I sampled it and it tasted pretty dry to me. It also had a flat almost...

So, I started a new 6 gallon batch mead on 12-24-09. I used 20lbs grocery clover honey, 4 gallons water, 2 pcks D47 wine yeast. Right after I mixed the honey and water completely, I added 3tsp of energizer in and aerated vigorously for 10+ minutes. I then pitched 2 pcks D47 (dry- no...

I started this batch around the end of september and bottled it up on 12-21. I have to say I am very happy with rhe results. The stuff had been done with ferment for a month or so and after using sparkalloid it dropped crystal clear. I am just over joyed with how it came out. It is good sweet...

I just have a quick question on this batch of mead clearing. I used a ton of honey in this batch (20lbs). It was added to 4 gallons of distilled water to equal just under 6 gallons. I started this batch on 9-27-09 and have only racked once. It has a good amount of lees on the bottom and a little...

Yestereday this is what I put together 3lbs clover honey 1 cinnamaon stick 2 cloves 1 small pinch nutmeg half teaspoon energizer 1 pack D47 water to bring up to 3/4 full All I did was put honey in 1 gal jug added water up to 3/4 full added a stick of cinnamon, 2 cloves, pinch nutmeg...

My 5.5 gallon batch is all but done fermenting I believe. The SG is down to 1.04. It is very sweet which is fine with me. I am thinking of spicing part of the batch with cinnamon and cloves. My question is does mead age properly in an airtight container? I have some 1 gallon jugs with stoppers...

Can I bulk age my mead in corny kegs for long periods of time? Like say a couple years or so? I'm interested in aging in these because the 5 gallon ones look like they would take up a lot less space than a 5 gallon glass carboy. Plus I think it would be nice to have mead on tap:)~:rockin:

My current 6gal batch is going great! By the way I really credit this forum site for keeping my patience with it and keeping my fingers out of it. hmhmhm... Anyway, I was thinking of mixing up 3-4 gallons in another fermentation bucket, getting it going, then racking out from that batch 3-4...

I have put together the following ingredients 20lbs raw local honey 4gal water 1pck D47 yeast 1tsp energizer day 1 1tsp energizer day4 1tsp energizer day8 This gives me a batch size of right at 6 gallons. I started this batch on 8-27-09. I mixed the honey with 3 of the gals of...

This 5 gallon batch of mead I'm working on I started on 8-27-09. I didn't take a hydrometer reading when I first started the must. I did however find online a way of calculating my OG considering the ingredients I have used. Here is what I put together: 20lbs raw wildflower local...

I have a batch of regular mead I just started on 8-27-09. I used 20lbs raw honey, 1 pack D47, and so far 3 tsp of energizer... Rest water up to just barely over 5gal. Mead is fermenting pretty well at a bubbling rate of 5-6 per minute. Smell around the airlock smells very sweet and since I'm...

This time I have done something different than the previous batches... First of all I found a local honey supplier to get my honey from, absolutely delicious honey. The other batches I used 15lbs store bought honey 1 pck champagne yeast, 1tspn yeast energizer. This time I am using 20lbs raw...