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Thanks for the Recipe. What do you mean by "per HighTest" ? and how do you stagger your yeast nutrients?

When I ferment with sugars I get a "cider" flavor. Hard to describe except for "cider" flavor. I'm ultimately trying to find new base saccharides to use for experimental fermentation. Lets say Mikes Hard Lemonade per say. What sugar do they use to create the base alcoholic mixture in that?

What would the benefits be of a converted keg for a fermenter oppose to per say a airtight plastic barrel/bucket ?

Anyone have plans on how to build a brutus 10. Experience, pros and cons of their brutus 10 system?

Anyone got a formal Honeydew recipe?

Has anyone successfully converted a half barrel keg into a fermentation vessel? The rounded bottoms on those kegs seem like they would be perfect for putting a stainless steel valve on the bottom. And once the top has been removed I wouldn't see it too hard to convert that to a blow-off...

I would fish him out and think nothing of it. Yeast is very good at killing and washing out unwanted microbes. I would be more scared of the movie "The Fly" then the fly.

Blackberry sounds like something that will make my list. I would assume you use blackberry honey as well? Anyone got a kickass blackberry melomel recipe they would like to share?

Maybe we should host a Carboy fashion show

Does the flavor of strawberries carry through? Was this a medium, dry, or a sweet melomel?

I'll compromise. Spandex, Lingerie with a nice summer hat.

Once the fruit season is in full effect I'm headed to orchards, but I have yet to decide what kind of melomel to make. I need input on personal experiences and successes with melomels. What was the tastiest melomel you've made/had, and what were the pitfalls you ran into I'm open for anything...

Thats the general question. What issues do you run into while scaling up your brewing operation? Is there a difference between building a 15 gallon conical and a 2bbl conical?

so the higher the AA & UV the more skunk ya get out of the brew?

I just got back from the smoke shop here in Ada County Idaho and found that my pack of smokes now cost $8.50 (over twice its normal cost). I don't live in newyork. In fact my state is known for its back hills ways. How the hell did this new tax get passed?! I'm starting to get a little bit of...

Best part of the story is this. I just moved into a house surrounded with a large field. And mice were a problem. So I bought a bunch of mice traps, and none of them were sprung. The better mouse trap is a empty wine bottle with access routes and a bit of cheese on the bottom. I'm glad I...

I know its undesirable, but I had a friend request it. I think he had some Heineken (the OLD stuff, when it was still hoppy) sit outside of his garage too long and the hops where bitten by the light. Well this friend also like other ... "skunky" things and he fell in love with those heinekens...

So as per advice I found on this forum I now dress my carboys in small shirts to prevent light. But now my kids are all grown up and nothing fits the carboys anymore. I'm almost thinking of going down to a second hard store to buy some kids clothes for 50 cents to dress my carboy. So heres my...

Do any type mono/di-saccharides ferment or are metabolized well by yeasts? Could someone link me to an article that can describe what type of saccharides ferments the best? And what to expect by each one? At the bottom of the wiki article for sucrose : Sucrose - Wikipedia, the free...

Thanks for the suggestion, I think you are going to be spot on. Doing a hydromel with blackberry honey. I will post on the results.