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I understand now thanks. Going to do 5 gallon batches since I've got 5 fermenters that size already, planning to get a 2 or 2.5 gallon and keep juggling the youngest batch into it to take care of the headspace problem.

I'm in, just to clarify on the solera process I bulk age everything and do the mixing at the end?

Are batches counted when started or at completion?

Looks like you missed one, you said +30 and only listed 25

You might already know this but you should siphon it into bottles at the end instead of pouring which could cause it to oxidize as well as increases the chance it will become infected and turn to vinegar, I believe you can prevent this by adding stabilizers but I don't have much experience with...

Did you use bread yeast? If so it likely hit it's max alcohol tolerance. What nutrients did you use and when? If you didn't use bread yeast check the package for a temperature range, a little too cold will stress the yeast and can slow fermentation or cause the yeast to hibernate too hot will...

This post was made almost seven years ago if you can't find them they probably didn't do well in the US and stopped exporting them

No but since honey is sold by the pound and most recipes call for honey by pounds I always plan to use X pounds of honey, if I decided I wanted a particular SG because I wanted a specific abv for instance, a mead calculator would allow me to arrive at my desired SG without risking my reading...

A tip from a fellow beginner; for 1 gallon batches put the carboy with the funnel on a kitchen scale and tare it before adding the honey this way you won't have to add a little mix it measure with hydrometer and repeat until you get the desired gravity and it prevents the risk of under mixing...

I did a 1 gallon acerglyn and it was really foamy at the start, so much that the foam came through the airlock and went down the jug on the second day, I think it had a foam cap for 2 or 3 weeks. Yeast was lalvin d47 and the honey was buckwheat from a trusted source, I think it might be that...

Good to know thanks, I was looking at the BOMM post last night and I think I'll do a BOMM cyser with anisestar thrown in and backsweeten with maple syrup maybe age on maple cubes, going to be a few days before I can get the things together, definitely looking forward to trying out an ale yeast

Since it's apple season I want to do a cyser my plan is; 6 pounds pine barrens honey 64 fl oz maple syrup 15 pounds of apples Qa23 yeast Nutrients and go ferm Pectic enzyme Water to 5 gallons Slice the apples then put in a sanitized 5 gallon carboy with 3 gallons of water and pectic enzyme for...

Thanks, one more for ya, I lost count adding the first nutrients and put either 2.5 or 3 tsp in would an extra half tsp hurt? It's DAP based nutrient

Do you keep punching the cap?

I picked them at a local farm was 2.50 a pint if you picked yourself. I put berries in primary and want to add more in secondary I've heard you get a fuller berry flavor that way

Do you think I could dunk in sanitizer after I thaw them or just hit with boiling water again? I use sanitizer called oneStep. How long do you think I should let it go before racking off the berries? Even though I blended them the skins formed a sort of a cap.

Alright, thank you.

I have 3 pints of fresh blueberries I want to add in secondary to a blueberry mead I have going and was wondering if it would be better to freeze them or dry them? The mead is 1 gallon orange blossom honey 3 gallons of spring water and 7 pints of blueberries I poured boiling water over then put...

So I did some digging and the bitterness is usually a result of high sulphur content, sadly there's no way to remove it with freezer jacking, it would have to pass uphill through copper tubing in vapour form when the sulfur contacts the copper it forms liquid salts and rolls back down. Back...

Thank you. You're probably right about it being unsettled solids even in a glass my mead looks foggy compared to a lot of the others in the forums. I didn't expect oxidation could age out but I had hoped, it isn't very noticable though I had 5 people try it and even after I specifically asked...