Recent content by brew42

Wow, thanks for the advice guys, I think I'll improve my process a bit next time... Now that my kitchen is all cleaned up and my berries sloshed, I'm feeling better already.

Hi all, So I'm making my first mead/melomel, and managed to make a bomb in my kitchen sink... I started with 12 lbs honey, and filled my 5 gallon carboy to 4 gallons. I added 1.5 t yeast energizer and nutrients, and it has been fermenting very steady for ~2.5 weeks. Started at 1.106 and...

I almost ready to tap into my second batch of this stuff, putting in 10 gallons for me. :mug:

Thanks Kai and menschmaschine! That's what I was hoping someone would say. Overall, I'd say I had a successful brewday, done in just under 5 hours! I'm looking forward to enjoying these in about a month when it warms up a little more. @ Kai, good advice on adding the boiling water in...

Hi all, I'm in the middle of mashing a Belgian wit, specifically Austin Homebrew's Blue Moon clone. The grain bill contains 5.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 50.0 % 3.00 lb Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 30.0 % 1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 10.0 % 1.00 lb White Wheat Malt...

Just wanted to say thanks for the great recipe, EdWort! I also took the plunge and popped my AG cherry with this one. It was too easy! I used a friend's 5 gal. water cooler with a SS braid and managed to get 81% efficiency! This was even after spilling a quart or two of wort when dumping...

Is the process similar if you add orange or lemon at boil? Just add 1 oz zest to the last 15 min of the boil? Also, which do you think is better in an American Wheat (using the NB extract kit), lemon or orange? Thanks for the help! -Pete