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Thanks for the information guys! I made it last night and pitched the yeast without using the campdens.

I'm about to make a basic mead from the recipe that is stickied at the top of this forum. I just wanted to ask about the benefits of adding campden tablets to the must. Is this definitely not necessary for mead? What is the common practice if you don't intend on pasteurizing/ boiling the...

The OG was 1.060 (pure apple juice with no added sugar) and the FG had stabilized a month ago or so at 1.002. At that time I racked it to secondary and it had been sitting there for a month. It would really surprise me if it had re-started fermentation, but I guess you never know.

So I just added a 2.5 teaspoons of Pectic Enzyme to a 5 gallon batch of Cider that had failed to clear after a long time in the Secondary. The visual effect it had on the cider was not what I expected. The moment the mixed up cup of cider/dissolved pectic enzyme powder hit the rest of the cider...

E. Atria- I think the cold crashing tactic would only work if you are kegging the cider. Fermentation would just pick back up again after you take it out of the fridge/colder environment. Seeing how you didn't add sugar, it won't be 10 ABV. If I were you I would try to hold out a little...

Thanks for all the help so far. Based on what you guys are saying, I think it looks like I'm going to give this beer a full 4 weeks in the primary than rack it, letting it sit at fermentation temperature for 2-3 weeks, then lager for 2-3 weeks. After that, i'll have it condition in the bottle...

Hey all, Been reading the forums for a few months now but this is my first post. Thanks in advance for any help! Anyways, 2.5 weeks ago I brewed my fourth batch of beer and first high gravity brew, a belgian golden strong ale. The recipe was (more or less) based off the golden strong ale...