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I'm bottling Mead in transparent and semi-transparent wine bottles. The temperature here is around the low single digits, and I've got a sunny spot. I know that Solar exposure can also be used to kill microorganisms. What about doing a cold-crash, outside, in the full sun? I'm thinking the...

Been making mead for years, and this is a first. Background: Honey came from my wax cappings from beehives. Contained dead bees, etc etc. Nutrient rich, but also added yeast energizer. Fermented in primary for 1 week siphoned off leaving solids behind. Check on it 3 weeks later and taste...

I've harvested some yeast slurry, and put it in a pop bottle in my fridge. But doesn't the cold inactivate the yeast, like a cold crash?

Hi Folks, Aug 2016, I started a batch of mead using my honey-extractor washing water. There were no measurements taken. Yeast was thrown in (L111), and it was left to sit. By Oct 2017, it was still quite sweet. My tongue tells me it was about 9% alcohol. It seemed stalled, so I...

I wanted a spigot on a carboy to make bottling easier. Drilling the hole was easy - But tightening the nut on the inside was difficult, given human arm size vs narrow opening. Task was enventually completed, including washers on the inside and outside, and further sealed with silicone...

I've brewed mead off an on for about 20 years, and am now looking at T'ej. I've looked at many recipes, and extracted the key ideas, but am finding they somewhat go against what I (think I ) know. Aparrently T'ej is bottled after 5 weeks or fermentation... but experience tells me there's...

Recent batches have been going vinegary, despite diligent sanitation and watching my waterlock. I've read that plastic carboys can transfer oxygen, and finally realized that this is what's probably happening in my case: Once fermentation is done, and positive pressure becomes neutral...

I've got a 3 gal stock pot I use for brewing. It's pretty heavy when full. I'm considering adding a metal garden tap near the bottom, and sealing with plumbers heat-resistant silicone - And then using this to fill the carboy from the pot. This is similar to the idea of putting taps in...