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Does this wide mouth fermenter have a lid and airlock?

I usually cover my kombucha with a priority 1 mail envelope which breaths but sanitary. or do you mean don't stir the pot when transferring?

So I Should NOT use the open top kombucha jar?

See OP. Bottle (A) is ABV 1.011 and bottle (B) is ABV 1.000 Boy that was fast Started the 7th, and ABV 1.000 today(15th). Going to give (B) the Blackberries When did you do the secondary, I mean at what ABV? I have an open mouth Kombucha 2 gallon jar, and (B) is at 1.000. Should I let it go...

I searched this at Northern Brewers and altho they list them, not really an explanation as to why use what. https://www.northernbrewer.com/blogs/brewing-techniques/nutrient-vs-energizer-which-should-i-use-and-when.

Is there a noticeable difference between LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient and FermAid O ?

Thanks. This is a first, so this is very much baby steps. Someone said use a large mouth jar, well that I don't have, that's why I asked about mashing the berries-easier to clean out the 1 gallon glass vinegar jars after the second racking. My thought on ABV 1.000 was to leave it a smidgen...

Somewhere I read to mash and freeze the berries, is that legit? Camden before freezing?

Corrected 1.000 ish. Maybe the water did affect the flavor, tastes a little yeasty, but today (A) was down to 1.024 and (B) is 1.030. (I never pour the ABV test back in the brew must, gotta sample each stage.) I will try natural spring water next time. I only have 3 glass gallon jugs. (gotta...

Been a lurker here for 5 years, mostly just reading and heading advice to others, but now asking for imput. Had 5#s of honey and decided to try mead. I am a little surprised at how fast the 2 - 1 gallon bottles are going. So divided the 5#s equally by weight, used 2 1 gallon plastic juice...

I had an 87 750 virago, and now ride a 91 1100 virago, but will soon leave the Yamaha behind and move on to a Harley trike. My last ride was to my nephew's in Arkansas and I grew so tired that I pulled off to ask where the closest gas was, and dumped it, almost broke my ankle and had to have...

Atec, I am also interested in this as I LOVE the fresh Brewed flavor of Starbucks French Roast. (I used to get a free pound every 2 weeks from my Barista Daughter). So you think that using the coffee cold brewed would give a less bitter flavor? Also I have a question on the Grapes, you crushed...

10 cans frozen limeade 5 tsp. yeast nutrient 5 tsp. yeast energizer 1 pkt Champagne yeast(EC1118) 5 gallons of water 8 #s corn sugar (almost top out my 6.5 gallon bucket) loose lid with cotton towel over the airlock hole. this has a very thick(1/2 inch thick) krausen. This is my 3rd attempt and...

I've used 5 gal water bottles from Walmart for my secondary fermenter for 2 years now. I have brewed 4 batches of beer, 3 batches of applewine, and now 2 batches of skeeter pee, without anu problems. I will probably add 2 more of those water bottles to bring that up to 4 of them real soon, and...

:confused:I also have the same problem, I have a 5 gallon batch of Applewein, and I allowed mine to ferment to .994, Degassed, then added 5 camden tabs and 1 tablespoon (3Tsp) of KMet to keep the fermentation from restarting and waited 6 days and backsweeten up to 1.004 using 2 cans of frozen...