Search results

Lol, is distilled mead any good? MedsenFey, ouch I didn't realize that. My original reason for putting the second batch of nutrient in was because I was worried that the fermentation had stopped from a lack of nutrients. This is my first batch of mead (everything else I've tried was cider which...

The 6 tsp of nutrient in the recipe may have been a typo, honestly I can't remember. Other than that, I added the initial 5 tsp of nutrient a day in to it, and another 5 tsp. around two weeks ago when it wasn't doing anything, because I read a lot of things about how finicky mead is when it...

How clear does it need to be? Aside from the sentiment floating around, leftovers from the fruit and what not, it seems about as clear as the cider I normally make. Bulk aging never hurt anything though. I don't have a lot of beer bottles at the moment, so I'll probably carbonate a little...

I just took it .996 @ 70 degrees O.O You might be right. I don't know why I didn't just take the gravity to start with. The recipe said 2 months, so I assumed something was wrong. So....should I just rack off the sediment and bottle it? Is...carbonated mead any good?

My mead isn't bubbling anymore. It should only be about half done, and I'm worried I messed it up somewhere. It's my first attempt at mead, so it's not hard to imagine. I did a variation of a recipe I found here. This is the original recipe...

Ok, so I measured it with a hydrometer today, and it came out to 1.000 at 76 degrees Far. I read a correction table that says I should add a .002 to that to adjust for temperature. So what does this mean? is it ready for the second stage? On a side note, I tasted the sample after I was done with...

Alright, so I looked over the page and another video on using a hydrometer. Because I didn't take an original gravity measurement, is there any way I can estimate what it should have been? I found a chart here http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/hydrom.asp would that be an accurate way to...

I can't thank you enough for telling me about the bottles. I already got about 24 bottles, but they were all regular wine bottles, so I'll either have to not make my first batch sparkling or get another set of bottles. I'm glad I didn't have to learn that the hard way.

Hello, I'm new to making cider (or anything), and I wanted to get some help. I've been looking around the site, and reading what I could, but in the meantime I thought it would be helpful to get more specific help on my first batch. I'm at about day 10 now. I mostly used the directions on...

Hello, I'm another newcomer. I wanted to ask about my first batch as well, but I thought this would be better than starting a new thread. I've just gotten into homebrewing, and this is my first attempt at anything. I've looked a few different sites and guides on making cider, but I still had...