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I am going to try this tomorrow. I am only going to do a 1 gallon batch. Just for clarification, is this similar to the apple pie mead in that all of the liquid is apple juice and no water is added? I have a gallon of apple juice and was expecting to use all of it in a 1 gallon carboy. I am...

Thanks for all the feedback Fellas. I think from now on I may bottle to 12oz capped bottles. I like doing small batches (beer or mead) but I hate not being able to sample it as time, and the batch, progress. Going to do 2 meads this weekend from this site. Grandmas apple pie and vanilla...

Hello all, new to mead. Been brewing beer for 3 years. I made the JOAM back in October 2014. I made the mistake (I think) of bottling it in wine bottles with cork (750ml). Is it advisable to remove the cork to pour a sample and then re-cork? If I do this, have I just dropped the shelf life...

Made my first mead from this recipe yesterday. Very easy compared to beer. I did make on giant mistake by filling the gallon glass carboy up to about 2 inches from top. This morning I awoke to a loud pop. Best I can figure is that the pulp from the orange clogged the airlock and the pressure...

Thanks to you both for the reply. Makes sense. I guess I went through a lot of trouble with my UTZ pretzel container...I sanded down the rim of the container to attempt to make it seal only to then drill an airlock hole. duh. Still new to this so I like the security of the bubbling airlock...

Old post...I know. Was wondering if I could ferment in this if I improved or sealed off the valve? I would drill a hole in the top cap for an airlock. If this is possible, what is the height of one of these? My idea is to try lagering in this as it appears to be less than 10 inches high so it...

Thanks again. With regard to the secondary fermeter...I will try keeping it in the primary...one less step for me. I bought this kit from a popular online store, it came with a 2 gallon bucket and the 1 gallon glass jug. I may try using that 1 gallon for another batch tonight. Perhaps I will...

Thanks to all that have replied. I am almost done with the boil.....should be down to around 1.25 gallon to put into the primary fermenter(2 gallon bucket) for a week then into the secondary(1 gallon glass carboy) for another week. I suspect I should split this into thirds but this is my delve...

Hello all, I am new to homebrewing. I started with small batch (1 gallon) kit along with pre-made kits(these come with muntons dry yeast packet). Recently I went to my local HB store and purchased a wyeast belgian abbey smack packet so that I can make an Abbey ale recipe. I read many posts...