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That is what I would do, just to make sure you end up with a clean beer.

I would do a 4L starter, that is what I do for almost all my lagers. If you dont have the means to do a starter, I'd use at a min. 2 packs of dry yeast.

I've been making this recipe for about 4 years now. Its a very approchable beer, everyone loves it. Thank you Revvy!

My Gumball Head clone in a cider glass. :(

Well I bottled. I guess we'll find out in two weeks.

Bottled mine today!

Yeah the taste and sweetness is great, that's really the main reason I used it. That is kind of my go to yeast for cider but in the past it has finished at 1.002-1.000. Thanks for the reply!

I started a cider on 8/5, 5 gallons of apple juice, 2 pounds of corn sugar and Wyeast Sweet Mead Yeast. The OG was 1.062 and after a month it was 1.010, so I racked it over to a secondary (in hindsight I should not have done this). Well, I am in need of that carboy so we tasted it and it tastes...

Thanks for your help!

Ok, makes sense! Just wait until the fruit settles or should I just do that after I rack it over to a secondary?

Thanks!

Anyone?

Well, I think I have my answer. I woke up at 6am to find it had blow out the bung and airlock in our second bedroom. Triple Berry (raspberries, blueberries and strawberries) mix ALL over the place. I rushed to put a blow off tube on it (which I should have done to begin with) and then I started...

I made my first melomel today but I think I could have added too much fruit. I added 3lbs of frozen triple berry mix and 2.5 pounds of honey to my one gallon jug. Topped it off with water, leaving the proper space for fermentation. The OG was 1.140. I used K1-V116 yeast. It just seems very...

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