Recent content by Nazwa

I want to jump on this thread too. My carboy was free after bottling a Mead I made back in November 2012. Started 21Aug2013. I did a 5 gallon batch used 5 gallons of Mott's apple juice, 2 pounds of corn sugar, and I used Cote des Blancs yeast (Brew store didn't have Ed's recommended...

Thanks you made me feel a lot better about all this. Slightly off topic and I haven't done this but in theory can this be possible? I have a 7 gallon Primary and a 6.5 gallon secondary. Can I raise my already 5 gallons that I have going on right now another gallon, gallon and a half using...

Hi Bloke. I did I added some table sugar to raise my Gravity to 1.100. It was a mistake on my part I was short a couple pounds of honey and used sugar. I only added 6 pints of Blueberries to Primary after reading your post. Two and a half days later, today , I checked my gravity, it is at...

Thanks Fatbloke, I do seem to be preoccupied with numbers. Where you stated "The weight of fruit...is usually flavouring..." Set me at ease. My Hydrometer gave me a reading of 1.100 so I went ahead and added a portion of the fruit. I needed to add a bit of table sugar to get me up to...

Hello, I have a quick question that I hope can be answered. I'm still in the deciding phase of what to do. I plan on a Mead with fruit in Primary. I don't want to back sweeten if I do not have to. Would prefer yeast to kick out on their own rather they catch it at my desired FG. I plan...