Recent content by Jamesjoelee

So I have a 6 gallon batch of show mead going. I started this batch in October and I had a starting gravity of 1.144. My batch is 2 gallons of alfalfa honey and 4 gallons of water. I did a staggered nutrient addition with 1 pack of wlp720. It stopped at 1.120 and then I added one packet of...

It hasn't progressed at all. I'll keep checking on it, but so far I don't believe I have anything to worry about

Ok so upon reinspecting the corks, it doesn't seem like any mold has significantly progressed in growth.

Well it started out as a fuzzy grayish color that was on the outside of the corks.i haven't checked in it since but I'll look at it again to see if has progressed

So I just bottled 2 batches of mead and already there seems to be mold growing on the corks. Is this something I should be wary of? None of my previous batches have had this happen.

So I split my 4 gallon batch of mead from primary and racked it onto fruit. I have one in a three gallon carboy on seven lbs of blackberries, one in a one gallon jug on pomegranates and the last one in a one gallon jug on peaches. How long should I keep them on fruit?

So I added another 5 lbs.

I used my calculator from my beersmith app. My hydrometer is calibrated for 60f

The temp was at 76 F. Would it be ok to add more honey one day after?

So I am a new home brewer. I have one batch of beer and I just brewed a batch of mead. My hydrometer reading seemed a little lower than I expected it to be. It was 1.074 according to my temperature correction. Am I off by too much or will my mead be alright? P.S. I have a little over 4...

I'm looking to make my own immersion wort chiller because ice baths are just too inefficient. My question is, what is the cheapest wort chiller that has been made?