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Thankyou very much, I didn't want to have to read the 70 pages. I never realized there was a way to search inside a thread.

Any succes with JAOM using orange zest and peeled oranges. And has anyone used Lalvin D47 in a JAOM and how did it turn out?

Unfortunately I do not have a hydrometer yet so I can not give you an SG. I have vigorous carbonation bubbles climbing the sides of my containers, so if that is a good representation of good fermentation I will hold off degassing any more.

Well I am not really following a recipe per say. Just from things I have read is what I am going by. One thing I have read says degas every day for 2 weeks. Another just the first few days. And others say there is no need to degas at all. I know you don't have to degas it just speeds things up...

Thankyou guys very much, I didn't expect to see Lees drop that fast. Some reason I expected it to take a week or so before that started to happen. Would you recommend to stop degassing at this point and let them be?

Hello it's me again, the new guy. I have a question of when the appropriate time to start seeing Lees form. In my 2 1 gallon jugs I have 2 and a half pounds of honey and lalvin D47. This is the startt of day 4 on fermentation and I have degassed twice. I have zero Lees build up that I could see...

Well 3 days in and I think everything is going to plan. I degased last night about 10 mins in each one. They all have lightened in color and have a very strong wine smell to them. They are bubbling at a rate around 24 a minute. Which they resumed about 3 minutes after degassing. I plan on...

I had a very thick layer of what I believe to be krausen form shortly after adding my activated yeast. I unfortunately didn't leave enough space in the top of my jug. It did over fill a bit, so cleaned that mess up and dumped out about a half cup of the precious liquid. I got up in the middle of...

I have officially begun. My bungs were a bit large for my gallon jugs so gonna have to look for either smaller ones or better gallon jugs. And using the hole in balloon method on the bottle. Going to start 2 more gallons in a week. Well order the stuff that is.

Wow that seems really complex. I hope all those notes come through. It also sounds like it would kind of taste like a pie to me. I have never had an elderberry or red clover honey. Excited to hear how it turns out.

That sucks man, hopefully you didn't loose to much if your brew. Glad to know I can use the swirl method just have to remember to give it time to release gas before putting the bung and bubbler back on. Totally misread my arrival dates for my stuff, it will all be here tomorrow. Super stoked. I...

You guys have been awesome with advice. I ran into a hiccup, stopped by the store to pickup my honey and they were sold out of the 5lbs that I was looking at. So I ordered some through Amazon with my bungs and bubblers and picked up some lalvin D47 yeast. The honey is Lake Shore bulk honey, in...

Drewed thankyou for the link, it does have solid instructions but the gravity play is more I depth than what I am going for in this sample batch. I have much to learn in the way of nutrients and keeping track of the gravity, and I hope one day I will get to that point. I have decided to leave...

bernardsmith, again Thank you for your response. I appreciate the time you take to really explain this in detail. I will check out those books you specified. I did see on some sites that there are more mead specific yeast. Which I assume have a higher tolerance for the amount of sugar and ABV...

Ryue, thankyou for your response and the links. I will be ordering a couple of those carboys in the near future. I am switching to 4 lbs of honey and checking with a local brewery for some yeast and neutrients. Bernardsmith, my study time isn't on par for a college course, just some free...