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The Apple juice is what I had on hand and is cheap for an experimental batch.

Rosemary Curry Cyser: 1 gallon batch. 2 1/2 gallon jugs Essential Everyday Apple juice. 3 sprigs fresh rosemary. 1 sprig fresh curry. 1 tsp yeast nutrient. Minnesota wildflower honey. Costco clover honey. Tupelo honey. Buckwheat honey. 1 Camden tab. "Cider House Select" yeast 1/2tsp...

This sounds delicious. How do you think the addition of wheat would be? Make a Belgian wheat braggot?

Had anyone tried making some? How is it?

I used Nestle Quick. One gallon batch just sugar water and Nestle. It was a long ferment. Probably due to the fact that I just threw it together as an experiment without too much regard. It's hot, but the chocolate comes through wonderfully.

Didn't think about the stopper... Thank you for the information!

The plan is to bulk age 6 to 12 months. It's mead, would like to age it until it's wonderful! An oak barrel has to be more permeable to oxygen than plastic. Oxidation and exposure is not my worry. It's picking up off flavors from the plastic. The desire to store them horizontally is due to my...

Any experience with using Better Bottles for bulk aging??? Or for anything else? Using plastic for long term use seems dangerous to me. Also, I would like to store full carboys on their sides on racks. Will a standard rubber stopper hold well enough to maintain a proper seal? Thank you in...

I don't have all the neat gadgets and setups yet. Haven't gotten into beer yet. The bar isn't quite finished, so I have no place for a kegging system. It's in the works though so my buds and I can :rockin: and :tank: If the alcohol content is to high for the yeast to continue their job, I...

Options for force carbing??? Thank you for the information! Cheers :mug:

Hey all! This is my first post regarding my first mead. Nearly a month in. Mead is in a secondary and is clearing nicely on it's own, but I'm impatient so I'll probably add some Sparkaloid this weekend. The gravity reads .980 and the taste is ok, but I prefer a sweeter mead and want to use...

Forgive my ignence, but what are wine diamonds and what is the cause??? A mineral concentration???

5 gallons of what could be Cherry melomel. My first batch. Started Sunday. 746.5