Recent content by WalleyeGuy

Here is what the half of mine I put wild raspberries in looks like Smells sweet and funky. Actually a lot sweeter than I would think. As for the big fill, I brought a 7 gallon bucket and asked them to fill to the top, knowing I was going to split it. So I have~ 3.5 gallons I fermented with...

Did anyone take ph reading before pitching? After a long weekend, I didn't do anything other than pitch and then nap, lol. I pitched 05 on half of it, and put around 5lbs of raspberries from my yard in the other half. I am working on plating some wild yeast from my yard, but don't have...

can you post a link to where you got the glass ones off Amazon?

I could use that!

Thanks Pitman for all your help. It was peach/mango from costco. We did a couple grape batches that turned around real quick, and my wife wanted peach mango. I knew it wouldn't be as quick turnaround, but here we are 2 years later. haha. Do you make a lot of melomel/mead from costco...

That all makes sense and sounds right. I'll get it in bottles tomorrow and hide them in the cellar, lol.

Thanks for the responses. Sulfite like campden tabs? I had added campden and sorbate when I transferred to secondary and backsweetened about a year ago. I don't think it's oxidized, but I've never tasted something oxidized before so I'm not sure. Adding more should keep things from growing...

I've got the second batch of mead I ever made aging for 2 years and it is still terrible. Burning, fuel, bad. Used joes quick grape mead recipe, but with peach mango mead juice instead of grape. what I've learned since, made a bunch of mistakes. No nutrients Heated must to boil Left a...

Well I've been busy and didn't get to dry hopping until last night. Checked the gravity...1.042!!!!!!!!!!!:drunk: I had pitched 1450, temp range was 60-66 the entire time. not sure what happened, I've never had a stuck fermentation before. I threw a packet of US-05 on top. I'll just have...

Maybe it's just me, but I can't read a damn thing from that picture. Good thing I have you guys to post it up here! :mug:

That was lot of fun. My first rally, will not be the last. Thanks for posting the recipe, I was having trouble reading it. My gravity came in at 1.076. Pitched Wyeast 1450. Anyone dry hopping or doing anything else to the wort?

My brother is going to come help with a brew day this weekend. He wants to brew a Bass ale clone. I've got a recipe, but need a yeast. WLP023 is the recommended, but I wasn't planning on buying more yeast for a while since I recently started propagating a few strains. The closest i have to use...

I use a 10 gallon igloo cooler for my mash tun. Had just under 24 pounds of grain. for my mash and my batch sparge, the tun was filled to the brim. I was going for 10 gallons of 1.068, and ended up with 8 gallons of 1.070. If I had the space for extra water in the tun, I would have ended up...

Welcome to the addiction! Lots of home brewers in Minnesota, glad to see one more.

Funny, I actually did my first partigyle on Sunday as well. Had my bother help me watch the second pot. I started similar to you; 2 separate pots with equal OG(1.070) wort. Wanted to end up with 2 5 gallon batches, but was in realty 2 4 gallon batches. My bother watched/timed one kettle and...