Recent content by BFG

Ya the "killing" of the yeast was just word of mouth, made sense to my brain due to the anti fungal, anti bacterial properties of honey. Due to the amount of sugar honey has I would lean more toward the extra properties of honey inhibiting the growth of the yeast rather then there not being...

So long over due to finalize this thread. Here is what happened and what i learned from other local home brewers. No idea if anyone is going to see this final post but for the ones that chimed in and helped thanks and this is what went down. The honey i was using was super high quality, there...

Ive been going by flavor, i have a hydrometer but no tall glass for it. Im quite good at knowing how strong a brew is and i know for certain that the alcohol is almost non existent. When you can drink a pint glass of what should be at least 8% and get more of a sugar buzz then anything its...

"Oxygenate the must" mead has no must, must refers to a mixture of pressed berries normally still containing the skins. But it could deffs be called must as a generally used term. As far as my research shows if i oxygenated my mead it would loose a large amount of its flavors. Also i have no...

ok so after looking into lees yes the bottle has gone clear and there is a large amount of lees on the bottom. due to it being mead the lees are pretty much 100% yeast and not any sediment from using berries for grains. Would that still act as a possible nutrient for the new pack that will...

Never thought of the old yeast being a nutrient for new yeast. Hmmm interesting. I have heard (only from one source) that leaving inactive yeast for too long will give the ferment a off flavor. further research is needed. Or someone with lots of know how on the topic to find my thread.

Well this is my first go at this website. Looked at it few times read some cool stuff, funny stories and also read some useful stuff. But this is the first time I'm in real need of some answers and google is just not specific enough. Here is the scoop I've been brewing mead and simple ciders...