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I have all of the electronics to build a Son of a fermentor. My wife mentioned the ever growing brewing equipment section behind the breakfast table. I'll wait a few before I point out the obvious place for a keezer.

It was eventful. I'll knock the brewing rust off and line out my system. I need to get out my grain mill fron the attic. And some bottles. If I was oblivous to my targets all of the days events wouldn't matter. I started at 6:00ish pm sunday evening. Completely done by 10pm. Clean up, brew day...

I returned to brewing Sunday after almost a decade hiatus due to a divorce and moves. I'm brewing in the kitchen as I lost my 50X40 shop in the divorce and decided to start with a smaller 2.5-gallon batch. The current wife doesn't drink beer so a 5-gallon batch would take a while to consume. I...

Clear as mud to some. Haha Although I know what you're talking about. Brings back memories of Pharmacy School.

@renstyle You get what I'm saying. We'd all love to have the latest and greatest equipment. I'd throw in a few 1950 Fender Telecasters, an authentic Les Paul Gibson, and a 1950 Vincent Black Shadow while I'm at it. Haha. For the vast majority of us, we can brew almost the same beers in a BIAB...

Check the second sticky in the BIAB section of the forum. He explains the process. Basically you use the brew kettle as a mash tun setting strike temp and maintaining mash temps. The grains are all in the bag that you remove after you're done with the mash and then you crank up the heat to boil...

I think BIAB system of some sort will suit most brewers just fine. What I'm mostly concerned with is brewing quality beer. I don't think I ever brewed the same beer twice when I was brewing before. But if one IPA comes off slightly different than another, I'll still drink them both. Part of the...

I said nothing of the sort. We are discussing mash methods. Do you have anything positive to offer or just ludicrous assumptions?

I'm returning to brewing after a divorce-induced hiatus. I just about had my system down pat when that little legal issue kilt it all. Ohh well. My last brew was an all-grain brew with a DIY cooler mash tun complete with sparging apparatus built into the head. Fast forward to two moves and a...

It's my daughter's bathroom. She has been at college for a while and the bathroom is unused. But the spousal unit wasn't too thrilled to see the balloon air lock. Haha. That's fine, I'll drink that one myself.

My first three meads. A traditional JAOM down to bread yeast, original water bottle and balloon for an air lock. The second is a Jaobommish with D47 yeast. The third is a BOMM with Lellemand Abbaye Belgian yeast. They were started Memorial Day. This picture was taken on day two or three.

Get ready to go down a rabbit hole. Here is a crash course on nutrients in mead. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/brays-one-month-mead.429241/

Agreed it should be lower. We don't know how long it's been fermenting either. As they say in Vegas, let er ride!!!!

Hard to tell with the angle. Either way depending on the OG and the Yeast tolerance there may be some fermentening to go.

SG 1.012. Depending on your OG it may or may not be done. You said the other reading was 50 mark? Was that the Starting (original)Gravity or OG?

I was trying to shorten the time to consumption like BOMM does for mead. I guess I'll have to amp up my fermentation schedule to get enough in the pipeline. The SG was 1.078 vs the SG of 1.122 of the meads. The Cider OG was just about the 1/3rd break of the mead. One would probably be ok. I'll...

Ok, Maybe the seal isn't as straight there, More likely the wood isn't true and maybe warped a tad. Is there any way to place some additional gasket material on the wooden collar at the point of the leak, You'd have to work with it to make it right.

I've been caught up in the BOMM thread so much I was wondering if there is a need or even a good idea to use the BOMM nutrient schedule with Cider. I started two on Sunday but only did the initial nutrient additions. I've looked and can't find an answer.

Probably use up your whole tank. Just use an air compressor. The two taps that are leaking seem to be below the other point. Do you feel any cool air there? I'm not sure where you have the keezer. How did you handle the opening? Does it open above the wooden collar or below it?

Possibly an air leak where the condensation is? So minor you can't really detect it. From the looks of the droplets to me it seems like some air is leaking out that point. Is the seal in good shape?