Recent content by DarrinVH

Ok, so I racked the melomel into the secondary fermenter and added the frozen raspberries into a bag weighed down with glass beads. The gravity on this one has me a bit off.. it was 1.000..... do I need to add more yeast or did I mess something up ? ended up racking 4 gallons over to the bucket.

I didnt think 6 weeks to ferment was fast i thought it was lengthy .

I added 3/4 tsp each of nutrients and energizer at the beginning . . I didnt add any more after that since i didn't want air added to the carboy. It is currently in a 6.5 gallon carboy and ill be racking into a 6 gallon carboy..

I added 3/4 tsp each of nutrients and energizer at the beginning . . I didnt add any more after that since i didn't want air added to the carboy. It is currently in a 6.5 gallon carboy and ill be racking into a 6 gallon carboy..

I stand corrected. between yesterday morning and this morning I have gone from 37 second to 1.05minutes a burp

So I am at the start of week 6 of fermentation on my melomel. this is my first time trying to make this so I did a lot of reading and took what I thought was the best from all recipes and suggestions when jumping in. As I said tomorrow will be 6 weeks of fermentation. Im down to 37 seconds...

Ive got 5 gallons of raspberry melomel fermenting now for 3 weeks as of today. I used 3 pounds of honey per gallon and 3 pounds of raspberry puree. OG 1.124.... curious to see how it ends up .

as for temps. first day was 68 the rest have been a constant 74... As far as bubbling goes... my rule of thumb has been as long as there's bubbles the yeast isn't finished yet, that being said Ive never had one last more than 7 days. 5-6 about normal for what I make.

SG is 1.015...... smells damn good

Ive been brewing for about 5 years now and started out with Mr Beer and evolved shortly there after to better brewing. this being said. I have a batch of extract Hefeweizen that's been bubbling now for almost 10 days... its down to about 1 every 5 minutes but Ive never had a beer ferment for...

I used to use filtered water for my batches. When I moved, the new house has a water softener and I was apprehensive about using softened water... when I did I found no difference in taste. and continue to use it for my batches. I do both Extract when I feel lazy and partial mash no taste...