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Do you add oak to apple meads?

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Looking to make a one gallon batch Of apple mead, looking to use 3.5 - 4 lbs honey (local in pasteurized) one cinnamon stick (McCormic about 2 gram) and topping off with fresh juiced apples. Is this too much cinnamon? Is acid like lemon juice etc needed to keep apple juice from browning...

Thanks for the reply. Hop schedule I am planning on is as follows. 1 oz magnum (14%) @ 60min 1 oz perle (8%) @ 30min 1 oz Sterling (7.5%) @ 10min 1 oz perle & 1 oz sterling dry for 7 days Est ABV 7.2% Bitterness 38.2 Color 6.5 Est OG 1.074 Est FG 1.019 US 05 yeast This is my first attempt...

Isn't boiling needed to achieve the hot break? Is the hot break not so important? Sorry for the complete novice question, I am still trying to get a firm grasp of the process. I am planning on making a batch with 3.3 lbs wheat lme (one can), 3.3 extra light lme and 3 lbs extra light dme...

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Made my first batch of blackberry wine with the following recipe 4lbs berries (frozen) 4 1/2 cups sugar 1tsp yeast energizer 1tsp acid blend 1tsp pectic enzyme 1campden 1 large lemon 1pkg lalvin bourgovin RC 212 Boiled water and added sugar to dissolve (clear). Put juice of one lemon to...

Why not just use a blowoff tube from start to finish. My glass carboy is on a 2 foot stand so I can rack with out moving it and I have a 1 inch hose go from top of carboy to bottom of a 5 gallon plastic water bottle half full with starsan. I can't see how it could build a strong enough vacuum...

Do they not like heat and humidity? Wondering if the would do well in the gulf coast? Jeremy

You will also do a better job extracting the caffeine if that is wanted with the etOH. Caffeine is not very soluble in room temp water, needs hot water to extract but should be soluble in alcohol.

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New to mead. I don't see any boiling as in beer or campden and acid as in wine. How do you keep the bad bugs out. Is honeys natural resistance to spoilage enough?

I entered this into beer smith, it says IBU's at 24.7, is this correct or did I mis something?

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What ABV can Lager Yeast handle. Recipe is looking like 7.5%. Thanks

How much different would an Ale yeast make? I don't have a fridge to ferment in so keeping a steady temp in the 50's would be difficult. Living in the deep south, I could have one day in the 40's and the next in the 80's. Are lager's that sensitive to temp? I could put fermenter in a large...

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Any idea how to make a Beer similar to this http://abita.com/brews/sos.php Prefer to use mostly extracts Thanks

Basket was a large plastic laundry tub. I did not take a temp of the water in the tub but it is very cool to the touch.