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that 2nd batch had water in it too, my bad :)

Hello all, For my first time making mead, I made 4 1-gallon batches. 1) 4 pounds of honey, water 2) 3.2 pounds of honey 3) 2.4 pounds of honey, water 4) 3.6 pounds of honey, pasteurized but not preserved apple cider straight from source, 1.8 lbs cranberries in sanitized Muslin...

That sounds like the move. I'll do that. 2 gall buckets are pretty cheap so maybe I'll even get 5 2-gallon buckets and 5 1-gallon carboys...I'm really trying to kill 5 birds with one stone every time i do a five gallon batch (sometimes i'll play with different honey varietals, other times with...

Awesome, thanks a lot. These are all great ideas that eased my concerns. I just hope I kind find a drill attachment that both fits into the carboy and does a good job degasing. What do you use to degas, a lees stirrer? Oh and I live around Davis Square in Somerville, so I'd love to trade...

Ok this is a lot but hear me out: I've been looking into making mead for quite some time after being inspired by a tour of Moonlight Meadery in NH last year. I've been reading up (started reading The Compleat Meadmaker and have been poking around forums) and thought I'd give it a go this...

Thank you all very much for being so helpful! I guess I will either adjust my recipe taking volume loss into account (I'm doing a non-kit extract batch this weekend) or simply expect less beer. I'm a bit worried about the added headspace in the secondary due to the lower volume but hey I made...

Thanks a ton, guys. I guess my question then is...it's not simply a matter of adding more clean water and bringing the primary volume to 5.5ish gallons, right? That would bring the OG down...so I actually have to use an amount of ingredients adjusted for a 5.5 gallon batch?

I brewed my first beer from a Brewer's Best IPA kit 10 days ago, and when I poured the wort to the primary, all of the hops and trub came along, too. This is something I'll try to avoid in the future, though from browsing these forums, it seems most think it's ok to dump everything in, as it...

That's a solid idea. I think I'll do a non-kit extract recipe this weekend. Sounds like a small step forward, which is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I'm considering the Lemon-Lime Hefeweizen mentioned, but if anyone else has other non-kit extract recipe suggestion, they're welcome...

Hello, everyone! I have my first ever batch fermenting nicely in the primary at the moment and will be racking to a secondary if today's gravity reading is the same as it was 3 days ago. I used the Brewers Best IPA extract kit. I hit a few snags (most notably it took me about an hour to cool...

This was hugely helpful and has taken all the fear out of breaking the extract barrier for me. Thank you!