Recent content by TimKonn2

was 6 gals in your primary? then you went to 5 and ended with this?

yea, i had to rack a very cloudy 5gal that was sitting on alot of junk for a month.. used super kleer, 3 days later racked to new carboys.. plan on bottling on march, but they are ridiculously clear right now.. transferred into a 3 gallon and 2 1 gallon jugs. 1 gallon jugs show no pressure in...

thanks for the advice.. i def need to rack it this weekend to get off junk.. but if i would want to avoid racking a third time (mainly due to loosing more product, and filling head space) could i use super kleer and then rack of my mountain of junk? my gravity has not really moved in weeks.

quick question for you.. when you rack that many times, why is your go to for filling head space?

I ended up picking up that hand pump that makes a vacuum my wine guy had for sale for 12 bucks to see if it would do anything.. It definitely worked, as it started bubbling like crazy and fizzing up.. Would basically pump for 4 seconds let fizz die down, then pump again for a solid 20 minutes...

im going there after work, the owner said he uses it to degas his wines in secondary (5gal).. do you have any recommendations for something i could look into purchasing?

i degassed twice a day until 2/3 sugar break.. my local supply store sells a pump that attaches to your airlock.. would this be what i want to use? or just stick i long spoon in their and stir?

I have a traditional 5 gallon mead i started on 11/19/17. 71b yeast, OG 1.115 and did SNA with fermaid-o. transferred to secondary on 12/10. looked at it today and it has not even begun to clear. decent amount of sediment on the bottom, and what i would assume is yeast floating at the top. I...

I only really stir/degas till the 2/3 sugar break. normally 8 days in. I then wont transfer to secondary till fermentation is pretty much done (no gravity change for a few days around where my yeast should stop), which is like around 20 days in. alot of lees is left behind, but i then want to...

im gonna be racking off lees, hopefully cleared, end of this month then ageing till about april. Can i just add campden when i rack, or do i have to wait till i bottle?

I used lalvin 71b-1122, 1118 will make a sg with 1.115 go completely dry.. my mead stopped fermenting at 1.010, which is right were the 71b should stop at about 14%. I prefer it on the dry side, so its perfect for me. It already taste pretty good, only being in secondary around 2 weeks. Not...

yea, 1.010 is the gravity where my yeast 71b should have stopped in the perfect world at 14%. im basically letting it sit in secondary to clear up

i hope so, wasn't sure if yeast did that or not.. i took this pic after a slight tilt of the carboy.. almost like it clouds up and eventually floats back to the surface

when i racked, it was 1.010. i took it about a week ago, and the reading was still at 1.010.. i poped the top off last night just to see if it had an off scent, and it did not

This mead has been in secondary for about 2 weeks now. pitched yeast 11/17. this is my first batch, so im curious if i should be worried about the stuff floating on top..