Recent content by Mrbrownfolks

What was your OG? Maybe you started with a very sweet mix and hit max attenuation.

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He's probably referring to Alexanders canned wine concentrate.

I made a recipe that was supposed to have a 1.062 OG and I came up to a 1.052. I know I had some efficiency problems to correct next time. Will a difference in that much gravity greatly affect the final product? I was brewing Ed Worts Oktoberfest recipe.

Someone had a thread on here trying 5 different types of chocolate as the base. I tried the cocoa powder and nesquick. I'm about 2 months in so no tasting yet. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/our-chocolate-mead-experiment-94358/

The carmelization may overtake many of the subtle flavors. I made my first bochet about a month ago. I used a generic clover honey and it had a nice roasted taste going at first rack.

I like to wait on stouts. You might want to give the carboy a light sway shake to break the krausen. My last stout had the krausen stuck on top and needed some swaying.

It's likely that the "f" bag was some fruit additive added to secondary to retain more of the "fruity" properties. Your wine should be fine but probably a bit drier that it would have been.

Sorry if this has been posted before. I tried a search but didn't get the information I'm looking for. I bucket fermented a white zinfandel kit into 6 gallons and will be racking this weekend. Should I rack into a 6 gallon carboy and top or 5 gallon and put the last gallon into a single carboy...

What yeast has a tolerance up to 22%?

I just finished my first bochet, 10.5 lbs of generic honey simmered for a couple of hours, 2 tsp of yeast nutrient in a 3 gallon carboy. I'll post some first ferm pics tomorrow morning. Edit, I went with D-47 for my yeast.

The reading and taste will ultimately decide but yeast can be stressed/killed at temperatures exceeding 90F.

If you overheated, you can pitch the yeast again. You may have pasteurized inadvertantly. It could also be that primary ferm was coming to an end at the same time. Wait a coupe days and see.