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I created 1 gallon of cyser weighing in at a whopping 1.190. I split the batch up into two ½ gallons, putting each in its own one-gallon jug to allow for head space during fermentation. I pitched a package of Wyeast Belgian Ale yeast into each carboy. The fermentation was very active, and it has...

I want to do some experimenting with graff. My plan is to do a bunch of different 1 gallon batches (using different beer styles for the wort). Based on scaling the 5 gal recipe down to 1 gal, I would be mashing about 1 lb of grains in .2 gallons of water. Is this something that is possible to...

Hey everyone, Yup, it's another heat stick thread. I went with this build but went for the L shaped pipe instead of straight: http://www.3d0g.net/brewing/heatstick I diluted the JB-weld to make it quite liquid so I could por it down the tube and it would flow easily into the nooks and crannies...

I have seen a lot of options for cider/apple juice popping up at the farmers market and local grocery stores. I want to make a hard a cider (graff actually) and I am curious what I should be looking for in a juice. I hear some people say the best cider is made from unpasteurized juice...

I am ready to bottle my peach/raspberry saison, but I am debating acid additions. When reading about adding fruit when brewing, I remember reading from multiple sources (usually forums posts) that acid can be added at bottling to add some tartness that will accentuate the raspberry flavor (to...

Hey all, I am trying to make a semi sweet mead (1.020-1.030) that is 10%. I also want to achieve this without having to back sweeten. Here is my issue: The yeast I usually use (D47) can easily eat through the honey I am going to add for this recipe (around 7 lbs for a 3 gal batch). So how...

My LHBS is doing a preorder for wine grapes, and I remembered hearing about pyment in some video or lecture I was lsitening to, so I want to put in an order and get some high quality grapes. The trouble is, I don't know much about wine grapes, so I was hoping someone could walk me through...

Hey everyone, I use the GotMead calculator and after making my first batch, I have a question. I feel like it is a really stupid question, but for some reason I can't work this on out on my own: When it asks for volume, that is the total volume including honey right? So if I put in 1 gal...

Hey all, I am brewing smaller batches, but don't really want to start buying smaller carboys/buckets because I still want the opportunity to brew 5 gal batches and I don't have space for any more vessels. Because I may be brewing, say, a 3 gal batch in a 5-6.5 fermenter, I feel like I should...

Hi meadmakers, I just finished my first mead a week ago and I am working on a preparing for another batch, but I really want to get my process down, especially in concern to yeast nutrients and energizer. It seems like staggered nutrient and/or energizer additions are better. I know why it is...

Admittedly, I rushed into my first 1-gal batch of mead. Here was the process: -I made 4 cups of blood orange tea and cooled it in the fridge (overnight). -Sanitized EVERYTHING...like crazy. I am a homebrewer originally -Combined the honey, cold tea (none of the loose tea) and some water in...

I plan on making multiple son of a fermentation chambers to hold 2 gallon buckets (roughly 10x10 in). The plans for a 5 gal Son of a Fermentation chiller call for 2 frozen 1-gal jugs are needed to maintain temp, but are two jugs necessary for a 2 gal batch? Is my logic correct in assuming that I...

I brew small experimental bactches, and I want to make a fermentation chamber that can hold four of these. I started off looking for fridge systems, but I want it to be compact, and it seems like buildign off of a fridge is the only way to go... Now I am thinking about a son of a...

I got a flexwatt heater from my local homebrew store. When I plugged it into my temperature control device, it was not warm after 30 mins. I then plugged the flexwatt straight into the wall, and still no warmth after 30 minutes. I am really at a loss what to do, since there does not seem to...

So I tried doing this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f71/ole-zion-church-saison-246288/ I adjusted it in BeerSmith with 65% efficiency since it was my first all grain brew. The pre-boil gravity was right on target with what BeerSmith Said (1.051), but my final gravity is reading...

I am about to do my first AG brew and wanted to do a wheat beer. I just started using BeerSmith so I, more or less, took a wiezen recipe from "Brewing Classic Styles" and tweaked it for my set up, and to fit in the Weizen/Weissbier guidelines. Here is what I came up with... Recipe Type: All...