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I understand your hesitation to trust my measurements. I didn't expect such A high gravity myself.... But right now activity in fermentation is really low after 26 hours... I understand that very high gravity put yest under stress... I had batches with 1.300 & 1.200 and didn't have any single...

DBhomebrew, I can assure you that my measurement is correct - I measured must gravity three times: when the vessel wasn't 100% full, after I added some water and it was full and third time after I pitched yeast. I made this mistake only once, when I was making my first batch and didn't take...

Hi everyone! I made a mistake and am looking forward to potentially fix it – just my hope. Here is my case: yesterday I made batch of mead which should become a pineapple melomel in future... I used a “batch builder” to calculate needed amount of mead, Fermaid-O and Go-Ferm for certain ABV...

Thank you, Climb. I appreciate your respond - you are correct getting a manifold is far better solution for my situation. Will get it this Tuesday....

Thank you, Neldog0, I already placed an order on Amazon for the y-splitter and then realized that besides connections for two kegs I am going to need third tube - to use with The Last Straw for buttling.... Looks like I will be returning y splitter back to Amazon and will pick up a manifold from...

Thank you, VikeMan! So, Y-splitter plus two extra gas lines and a few clamps would be probably the cheapest solution....

Hi everyone! I am planning to change my current "carbonation" setup need some help/advice from you for the best solution - if possible... OK, here is the story: currently I have small (4.4 cu.ft.)Magic Chef fridge with 2.5 gallon keg, 5 pound CO2 tank and Taprite regulator in the fridge. I am...

Just found this and hope this will be helpful: Locating Refrigerant Lines by Kegerators.com When converting a regular refrigerator or freezer unit into a kegerator, the first thing you should consider is how to locate the refrigerant lines. The biggest task ahead of you when doing a conversion...

I wasn't talking about sausages - no sarcasm needed. I was talking about starter cultures (microorganisms) and bread yeast (still east) can survive being freezed during extended period of time. I am new to mead/wine making so cannot comment about wine yeast. My apologies if I wasn't clear on that.

I also was scratching my head with this question.... For years I kept my baking yest as well as all my starter cultures used with traditional fermented sausages in the freezer with great success.... Never tried to keep wine yeasts the same way but wondering - why not?

Great explanation, day_trippr! Thank you very much!

Thank you, Kickass and day_trippr! Your respond and suggestions much appreciated... I do have carbonation chart bookmarked but unfortunately I am not sure if I can read it properly: I understand the "temperature" column but am not sure what that horizontal (black background) line means.... PSI...

Hi everyone! It's been 3.5 month since I started my first Traditional mead and I am ready to buttle it but.... I would like to force carbonate it first just because I like to get cold, sparkling buttle of mead out of my fridge and enjoy it this way.... I got everything I needed for force...

Thank you, Srimmey! Yes, I know that it's common method to buttle the mead in wine bottles and maybe I'll start doing the same in nearest future. Some people like carbonated mead and I am among those... Just like bubbles in my glass!! :) Wow! This sounds very nice... I followde the link you...

Thanks, Maylar! I got it. Yes, I am aware that sanitizing and cleaning are separate steps and yes, I use Star San.. Even though I guessed that I have to clean first and then sanitize everything right before using them I just wanted to make sure I am on the right path... :) What I wasn't sure of...

I saw many happy users on Youtube who were using either one of those three devices but.... a huge BUT: this all was related to bottling BEER! Not MEAD. Like you said in your previous post - "mead makes very little foam"... Also, about preparation of new kegging equipment: do I have to take my...

Really?! Wow!!! Thank you, Maylar! All articles, posts, etc. regarding to force carbonation which I found on Google and forums - all were beer related. Yes, main problem with buttling of force carbonated beverages was foaming.... If - like you recommended - I can do this with use of a bottling...

Hi everyone! This is first time I am going to open my first thread on this forum so I will appreciate any help from you... I am just finishing my first 6 gallons (in fact about 5 gallons after a couple of rackings)batch of traditional mead and it is ready to be buttled for aging. But... here is...

Thank you, Rish! Actually I like your idea.... This might work but only on condition that lower 1020 batch will go lower/dryer. As of right now, I just prepared a starter in attempt to reactivate fermentation... I hydrated one pack of 1118 yeast with GoFerm and mixed it with some amount of...

Thank you, SimPilot. I appreciate your respond. As you can see this thread named "My first mead and looks like I screw up on OG...." so, I messed up and didn't read my OG properly and at this point I don't know what it was.... This is what I was thinking about (after googling it) but just...