Recent content by ZZander

The honey loss did suck, even worse than that was the clean-up. Ten lbs of honey and 4 gals of cider is not fun to clean.

I was wondering if anyone else has ever had this happen? I purchased a new 6 gallon carboy produced by Vintner's harvest. Just as my carboy was filled with 4 gallons of home pressed cider and 10 lbs of honey a hole popped in the bottom of the wall of the carboy. The glass was saran wrap thin...

I'm in southeast Idaho and I can keep it cool enough for that in my basement.

Ok I can figure that out I appreciate the advice.

I'm looking to make a slightly sweet mead and add vanilla beans into the secondary, can you give me advice on lbs/Gal to achieve this? Sorry i new to mead making and brewing in general, I've only made a few Malt extract beers with my father.

Hi I'm looking for advice on my first mead. I know a beekeeper that is harvesting now that will sell me honey in a five gallon bucket around 2.00 a lb. I've got lalvin d-47 yeast and want to make a batch but I'm nervous about my honey/water ratio. I was going to do 20 lbs of honey for five...