Recent content by bwhupp

Definetely need to make this up... will go for the 6 gallon carboy when i get it emptied from the cherry berry mead.

Following!

Yes, I cleaned my airlocks but didn't top off higher. It foamed a small amount but not much. FIrst time making JAOM... I just racked it probably early, but it had a thick layer of lees. I went ahead and racked it because I racked the big one which had about 3/4" of lees already. Topped off with...

New labels

I had a bit of leakage but nothing much to worry about. I left it as is and so far no problems.

My attempt for my first label. It's for a mead I am making. I bought "label" paper from midwest brewing, but it isn't gummed? It looks like regular paper to me.. I am new to this obviously!

Seems that is up to you... I don't heat it up while my friend is a firm believer in heating it all up. Depends I guess how energetic you are. I just dump 2 or 3 gallons of spring water into my fermentor bucket and dump in my gallon or more honey and stir the heck out of it for a solid 5...

Here are my meads moving away. Just racked into secondary with the big one. 6 gallons of the berry one. Tasting pretty nice and smells great! The color was unexpected to me.

I'm new too. I understand completely and got my first batches started yesterday. :)

Well, I started it today after reading tons and then slowly acquiring the equipment. Now let's see if I did it alright! I made two 1gallon jugs of an orange spiced mead with a variable of one having raisins and the other not having any (due to my father being allergic to raisins). After 2...

I like the idea of this, but have yet to pull the trigger and start my first mead. I am so overwhelmed of do this, don't do that, when to do this, when to do that, you cant do this... that i am paranoid to try! Do tell me more when you get this recipe rolling. I am very interested in it!

Hello fellow brewmates, I am brand new to this, but have been reading and educating myself for several months. Recently I have purchased a 6 gallon glass carboy and 7.5ish gallon fermenter bucket. I am very, very interested in this breaking my brewing virginity! A few questions I have... I am...