Recent content by zolcos

I made a 5 gallon batch of cyser at the end of january in a glass carboy with a 3 piece airlock. I kept an eye on the fermentation but by the time it was ready to rack I forgot about it -- a couple months later (today) I go to siphon it into secondary and notice that the liquid level in the...

Thanks, things are looking good. My original plan was for 10g of yeast which puts me just over 0.5 g/L. I considered adding more, but on the next day the inner part of the airlock has risen to the top so it looks like there's activity going on.

I did some reverse usage of the calculator to find the water and honey required for a desired sweetness and ABV. The yeast I'm using has a stated alchohol tolerance of 14% by volume which is also the ABV I want to end up with. The "mead fg" guide says that the minimum sweetness for the...