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Ah, so in other words, non-alcoholic distilling. Lame, I got excited. Lol

Is there such a thing as legal distilling, and if not, why have a distilling page when forum rules say no talk of said activities...?

Sorry, on the topic of temperatures, I had my mead in the garage and didnt have any problem until it got below 40 degrees and I had to move it inside. But I wasnt using a bread yeast as in JAOM, so idk how that would act...

For those who stagger thier nutrients, how much/how often do you add nutrients? How much faster do you find fermentation finishes with nutrients compared to without them?

Not really on subject, but a high ABV has nothing to do with drinkability. I have made two different recipies of my own design. One, a elderberry mead with local redclover honey, cinnamon sticks and various spices had a ABV of 19.5% and was almost as smooth as water and delicious. The other was...

Hey y'all, I had made my first attempt at mead with my own recipie, screwed it up, adjusted and tried again. Second attempt at my elderberry mead recipie turned out amazing, everyone loves it and wants me to make more. I used some local Red Clover honey, organic dried elderberries, some other...

How much honey do you usually use? And are you going for sweet, semi-sweet..?

The honey in this case is roughly 0.62 pounds per cup, so 8 cups is around 4.96... Yeah I guess thats a bit high. So probably knock it back to 6 cups? Thats 3.72 pounds. I also wasn't considering the fact that the cider also adds sugar (I spent about 5 minutes adapting this recipe from a regular...

Hey guys, I am in the process of developing my own cyser recipe for this coming winter, as I have yet to find (though I have not looked THAT hard..) a recipe that screems my name. This is a simple recipe and I would love your opinions/critiques/suggestions on it. As well as any good recipes that...

Thanks man! I will update once fermentation is done, until then I will be impatiently waiting lol.

Okay, so I am a "trial by fire" kinda guy. I prefer to live and learn, whether that be from success or failure. So I went ahead and disolved 1 cup of honey to 1 cup of water and added it to my carboy (1 gallon batch), and we will see what ends up happening in the end. It has already started...

Thanks, Bernardsmith. I used a Champaign yeast on the recommendation of the local supply shop guy (only one shop within an hour of where I live) but am not sure of the exact strain. I am not too concerned with a high abv%, I have had a few meads (Viking Blod, for example) that sit at 19% and...

Hey y'all, I have a batch of an Elderberry Mead -first batch ever- fermenting right now: SG was 1.131, reading I took yesterday (8 days after pitching) was 1.000 on the dot. Tasted it and it is quite a bit dryer than I expected and I want to add more honey, but don't want to mess it up... I know...

Thanks for the feedback, guys! I beg your pardon, like I said I am new to the scene and thought the term "brewing" applied to anything that is not distilled.. I am indeed making mead, is there a term for making mead other than just "mead making?" Lol I am attempting to go the route of all...

Hey guys, So I am new to brewing and new to the forum and I was wondering how I can stop fermentation to have a lower abv%? I have read about "cold shocking" but it doesn't sound reliable... Anyone have an experience or advice on the subject? On a different note, my first attempt is a...