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Is there a reason to use a plastic 6 gallon fermenter bucket over a 6 gallon glass carboy for primary fermentation? The reasons I know of so far are the weight of the full container, and that it is easier to clean the wide mouth bucket compared to the glass carboy. Oh and cost. Are there...

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Would you mind saying more about this. I have still not gotten a good grasp on this one. Thanks so much!

Alrighty then...on to the next batch! Thank you!

Yes thank you. I have a lot to learn and I am happy not to have any explosions. Is it the case then, that taking them out of the fridge and letting them continue to ferment in a gallon carboy with an airlock is not a good option? And if it is not a good option, is that because they were in...

Thank you. Well then, on to the next batch with a lesson well learned! And six bottles of tasty, if very young, mead!

I bottled them a few days ago...March 10. Yes, the primary did have an airlock. I did not think about putting them into the fridge. Thanks. I did open each of the bottles and relieve the pressure after the first one was so sparkly. Will they age at all in the fridge? Thanks for...

My first batch of mead was the following 2 cups honey (wildflower) 3 cups black mission figs water to 1 gallon I started it Feb 8, 2010, before I found this forum. I followed a recipe for 'wild fermentation' mead. I did rack it once, and then I bottled it March 10, thinking...

:D Though I am not a beer lover (although I have never had a home brew) I have found that I am delighted' that I am also a komucha maker so that I can make "countless batches" of that while I am learning the patience it is going to take to be able to call myself a meadmaker! I am truly...

:D I am just glad it is so much fun to make! I am an herbalist and this is like having a new playground! Though I am looking forward to savoring the mead, I am just as excited about the feedback it will give me, and having a new medium to work in. Everytime I open my herb cabinet, I think of...

While I had the airlock open, I tasted and did not yet taste any of the sage or ginger...though I know it is only the second day..... Did I mention this is really going to teach me patience?? (I hope!) Anyone have a recommendation for quantity of these (sage and ginger) in a gallon batch? I...

I tried as you suggested using the siphon hose on the airlock, but even with warming the end of the hose under warm water, I was not able to get the hose onto the airlock, though it did fit into the rubber bung. I had not thought about the the small holes on the airlock getting clogged. Maybe...

Thanks Zimman, What would be a good choice for airlocks for mead?

Well I am not really sure what kind of yeast it is. I read of some recipes with regular grocery yeast, so I went to our local town market, and they sell it in bulk, so there is no label. I have not ventured into yeasts yet...seems that is next! Thanks for the picture, and the airlock...

I made my first 2 1-gallon meads last week from a book that was about wild fermentation. Last night I tried my first batch with yeast. What a difference! This morning the airlock was sitting on the counter next to the gallon of future mead! I cleaned it up, sterilized it again, and now the...

I am so much enjoying my first steps in mead making. I know one thing it is going to teach me is patience!! I have a hard enough time waiting for dinner to be prepared....waiting a year!?!?!? I just started my first two batches of mead...one black mission fig and the other currant and fig...

I just brewed my first batch of mead, and was thinking about the next one. I googled 'sage mead' and you showed up! And I am delighted!!