Brother, the heat isn't from the 14% alcohol, it's from the ginger. Fresh ginger is hot stuff. It mellows when it cooked.
6 oz of fresh ginger will light you up.
Those will be dry meads. No problem is that's what you're shooting for. To controll the sweetness of mead, you must know your yeast's alcohol tollerance level. If you add less honey than the yeast can consume, you'll have a dry mead. If you add more than the yeast can sonsume you'll have a...
Clayton, thanks but that set-up will not work with a barley crusher mill. The shaft and bushings won't stand up to the side torque that type set-up will put on the mill shaft.
I will be installing a direct drive gear motor, I'm just looking for the torque required from the gear motor to keep...
I want to motorize my Barley Crusher and not with a drill. I understand that direct drive gear motor is required but how many in-lb of torque do I really need? Will 30 to 40 in-lbs get it done without bogging down?