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I was recently reading about how to make mead and read that some people use go-Ferm in conjunction with their dry yeast and additionally add Fermaid k and dap nutrients during specific points in the fermentation process. Is any of this required or recommended for cider?

What if someone were to use more than one pack of liquid yeast i.e 4 gallons of must 2 packs of liquid yeast?

Ok just realized! Could someone just use the liquid yeast (without a starter) rather than rehydrated dry yeast or would the liquid yeast have trouble fermenting ?

If I were to do a starter with liquid yeast would it be the same process as a dry yeast starter ie go-ferm?

Could I skip the starter and just out the liquid yeast in directly ?

Hi all, im new to the mead making process. Reading over some guides and recipes the majority call for using dry yeast with a go ferm pack to rehydrate. Is there a difference in flavor, quality, and process between the two types of yeasts, dry vs liquid? To me it seems like it would be quicker to...

So how was the sweetness? Did it work? was there a noticeable maple flavor?

Thanks for the response! Sounds like trial and error is the way to go. On a side note aj mentioned adding 1tsp of calcium chloride, what’s the conversion to ppm? I ask because he listed ppms to describe the baseline profile of RO, and was curious what 1tsp would add to the profile in ppm

I guess I was just confused with the first post by aj giving a RO baseline with the addition of 1 tsp of calcium chloride for every 5 gallons of water and 2% sauermalz, and then tweaking this baseline for different beer styles. Reading through that post it seemed like he skipped online water...

That would be awesome !

Question from someone new to home brewing. Reading earlier posts from aj it seems that water calculators vary tremendously in accuracy and add difficultly. Does anyone not use calculator software and instead use the approach given by aj , dividing into differenr categories of beer ( English...

It sounds like most water software/calculators give fairly inconsistent and varying data. Would you recommend skipping the calculators all together and if so what would one do in its place?

Thanks for the response! Out of curiosity how high can someone go on an EBIAB? Also why couldnt someone go high on a EBIAB? Is the idea that its just a smaller capacity and therefore less ability to go higher in abv?

Awesome! Thanks for the answers.

Hi everyone! Im trying to decide between a 1 vessel E BIAB and a 3 Vessel EHerms or Rims system. Reading the reviews on EBIAB it seems that brewdays are generally quicker and more efficient. Giving a rough estimate how long is a brewday on each system? Additionally, is brewing on a 3 v...

Thanks for the response. So if someone were to buy the 2v system they would have to also buy a mash tun separately? There'd be no way to brew with the 2v without a mash tun?'

Ok I understand! So the Rims would only be applicable for the 3v system! I assume that the heating source for the 1v and 2v system is their halo element. Whats the benefit then between the 2v over the 1v EBIAB? Seems like the 1v would be less cleanup.

I just got into craft beer and home-brewing and was wondering how one would go about ebrewing with a 2 V RIMS system? I looked at the SSbrewtech website and didn't even see a RIMS system included in the 2 v setup. Is it expected to purchase the RIMs separately or is there some other heat source...