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So when its time to split it off into three 1 gal batches I have oak chips for one. Cranberries for another and pomegranate for batch number three. Thoughts anyone..? Advice..? :D

Sorry...yes that's 1.132...DOH!

How did it turn out...?

I decided to use the Black Sage honey for now. 3 gallon batch 12 lbs. black sage honey 5 grams of Red Star Montrachet 6.25 grams of GoFerm 1 tsp. Fermaid K I mixed the Montrachet and GoFerm with 1/4 cup of warm water and set it off to the side. I then warmed the honey and poured it into 2...

Found a recipe I liked on the forums and thought I would give it a shot...!

Peanut butter and crackers is very tempting.! I've never used fruit in a mead before so I'm terrified of ruining the honey.! But I've had some flavored with cherry, apple and pear that were amazing. I also thought about just doing another straight honey and water but then throwing in some...

I have one 3 gal. carboy with a straight forward orange blossom honey mead that's been chugging away for about 4 weeks now. I also have a 3 gal. carboy with the recipe I saw here for an Apfelwein. (literally just finished putting it together) I have 12lbs. of Orange Blossom Honey and 12 lbs...

Welcome..! I'm new here as well but share your interest in spreadsheets. OOh data, data, data..! In getting ready to try brewing again I purchased "BeerAlchemy" for my Macbook Pro. Easy online download (not free - $29.95, but reasonable) and was easy to figure out. I'm sure the actual experts...

Everything assembled.....

Finished product.....

First draw for OG reading....

Extract kit prepped and ready to try and remember how this all works...!

Greetings and salutations..! I have been "playing" with brewing off and on for many years. Various beers, mead and cider and a whole lot of - "this will work, I'm sure of it" There is currently 5gal of a partial mash ale that I will be bottling this weekend and two 3gal carboys of mead...