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So my kegerator finally died on my a couple weeks ago, and naturally it happened while my wife was in the hospital having a baby, which meant I came home to a freezer full of thawed meat :( Anyway, I'm now weighing my options between tossing it or fixing it and am looking for opinions on what...

I have 3 five gallon batches that have all fermented out fairly dry: 0.997, 1.000 & 1.005. I just racked them onto sorbate tonight to stabilize them, and am planning to back sweeten them. Is there an easy way to estimate how many points the back sweetening will raise the FG of the mead? I...

Just thought I'd share since I just got a promotional email from Hidden Legend Meadery. All orders of 3 bottles or more this weekend will get free ground shipping and promo code "weekendmead" will get you an extra $5 off your order. I've ordered from them in the past and they make good mead...

Ok, so I've got a big CO2 tank, and have been troubleshooting this for a while now. I thought I had a leak somewhere since the tank would empty after a couple of months(2-3), so it's atleast a small leak. Anyway, after refilling again yesterday, I started digging. I'd previously checked all...

Ok, so I had planned on brewing up Yoopers 60 min DFH clone tonight(extract version). Steeped the 1 pound of Cara 40L for an hour at 150, removed grains, and got it to a boil and started adding the extract. Got the 1st bag in and realized I bought wheat instead of Light extrat :drunk: So...

Was taking some gravity readings and pulling some samples from my mead/beers I have going at the moment, and was pleasantly surprised by my hibiscus mead. I've been a bit leary of how this one was going to turn out and what it would look like when it finally cleared: but I pulled a...

I have 5 gallons of JAOM in a glass carboy, it was made on 12/16/2010, and has been aging in the carboy ever since(racked a couple times to get it off the sediment that settled out). It is still not cleared completely, and I'm not getting much sediment on the bottom of the carboy since the last...

Just thought I'd share my latest 1 gallon test batch. 4Lbs Clover Honey 1 nutmeg nut(cut in half) 1 stick Cinnamon 2 small slices of ginger 1 package D-47 1/2 tsp yeast energizer Water to the 1 gallon mark SG = 1.133 Excited to see how this one tastes in about a year or so :mug:

So I made a brochet(burnt mead) last night, and I let it cool down after adding the water to the pot, but since it was getting late, I pitched 2 packets of montrachet dry yeast into the must and went to bed. The must was at 82F when I pitched, but I was thinking I was OK since that's supposedly...

Ok, my first ever batch of mead was a peach melomel that was brewed up on 8/27/2010 5 gallon batch 5Lbs of peaches in the primary 12Lbs clover honey 1 package Cotes Des Blancs wine yeast couple teaspoons of yeast nutrients OG = 1.073 FG = 0.998 79 days in primary 18 days secondary...

Well I finally got around to picking up longer shanks so that I can move my taps a couple inches out from the door so that I can fit my custom made tap handles on it without them being so damned close to the freezer door(if they twisted the wrong way you couldn't close the tap :( ) Anyway, I...

So I've been researching hibiscus mead recipes, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of info out there, so I'm looking for help to formulate a recipe. Honey Supplies I've got 10Lbs of Citrus Blossom honey for this, as well as a 2lbs jar of local stuff I picked up at the local pumpkin place...

I'm going to be in Charleston SC for half of next week and Savannah GA for the other half of the week. Just curious if anyone has any recommendations for places to grab a good beer and some food, as well as any local breweries worth checking out. I'll be staying on the peninsula in...

I've been trying to figure out my "head" issue for a while now. The problem I am having is that when I pour a glass of beer, I get about 1/2 to 3/4 of a glass of foam. However, this always seems to be the first glass, the second glass poured within a short time period has less foam, and by...

Just curious if anyone knows of any good forums or other sites for information for indoor gardening? I am currently enjoying my veggies growing out on my deck in pots and am trying to determine whether doing an indoor setup for the winter(live in MN) would be for me. I live in a split level...

Just bottled up my first batch of Mead, a peach/mango melomel, that I made about 10 months ago, it's not bad, not great either, but I am happy with it for my first attempt and am anxious to see what it will be like in another 6 months in bottles. Anyway, I decided to try my hand at a cherry...

Ok, so I got lazy last fall and never cut back the vines on my hop plants. It's slowly getting warmer here so I'm thinking I should cut them back, but it's still in the low 30's up here in MN, when should I start fertilizing & watering them to get them going again. I'm guessing when it starts...

Ok, so since I built the kegerator I've only changed the kegs on tap once(4 kegs total for my 2 taps). The first time I changed them out I had my extra keg full and ready to go and just swapped the kegs after cleaning the lines within minutes of emptying the spent kegs. I just finished these...

So my wife and I just shared a couple bottles of Stonekeepers mead last night which has me wondering: is there less of whatever people are allergic to in wine in mead?(if that makes sense) My wife likes wine but can never have more than 1 glass or she gets all stuffed up, however she loved...

I was out in PA all last week and managed to bring home 6 bottles from Stonekeep Meadery!!! Got x2 Strawberry Melomel(which is slightly carbonated which I'm guessing wasn't intended since it was just corked in a normal bottle but is good anyway). Got x3 of their Hibiscus melomel and x1 bottle...