Recent content by Jskeen

So I'm curious if anybody has actually recorded daily SG #'s for this process and generated a curve for sg vs day, and how repeatable it turns out to be? Mostly just curious what the curve looks like over all from IG to FG, and how that relates to yeast growth. thanks

The new method is definately less intimidating than the old version with glycerol and storage in a blast freezer. For now, given that I'm mostly just interested in having a working quantity of 1388 on hand, I will probably just stick with the half gallon growler and stir plate version, with a...

Thanks for your observations. I have successfully made hard cider, cyser meads, and traditional meads in the past with a few different protocols. I also have a few gallons of mead "Aging" or "hiding somewhere hoping they will eventually turn drinkable". Those would not to date include any...

Yes, well, honestly, didn't want to waste good honey till I figured out how to get the juice fermented before it goes off. If this batch of wine works out, I'll actually do a real mead.

I've tried this one a couple of times, with less than stellar results, but then again, most of my results have been less than stellar to date on the mead front. I've been, for lack of better information, one of those "I'm trying to stay simple and natural" kinda mead makers. It's simple and...

Outstanding! I pretty much devoured denardbrewing.com last week, and am happily mentally digesting the results. One small question has bubbled to the surface so far, so let's see if the answer is floating around out there somewhere. For both of the 3 day meads in the recipe index he...

Seriously looking to change over 75% of my mead making to this method now. Impatient SOB I am. Only hitch is the yeast. LHBS don't carry it, and shipping live yeasts into Houston is betting on on 12's and 2's half the year or more. Obviously I will need to set up a system for making a...

I'm curious if Cellar Science has a full SNA protocol using their hydration additive, (fermstart), followed by the fermfed dap free then followed by the regular fermfed, or what they recommend as a full brew regimen using their products and what research they have published for it vs the TOSNA...