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Thanks all! Am I right when I interpret all your info that new yeast for a mead is just as fine as re-used? So the only advantages to re-using is that it ferments a bit better from the start (but not so that it affects flavour) and it's cheaper?

Hello all! I have a friend who has been making mead for a while, and he claims that yeast becomes better at fermenting honey if you harvest it and use that for your next batch. He claims that this harvesting and re-usage of yeast gives the mead a much better taste. But when I scroll this forum...

Does different qt/lb ratios give variations in tannins also with BIAB? ------------------------- Thanks for the help everyone, I'll do the BIAB dance me thinks. How long and how do you all sparge when you BIAB?

I'm trying to find out how to go about mashing as I only want to brew small batches, basically around 1,5 gallons/6 liters. Is it possible to make a good mash tun from a cooler or something for such small batches? Palmer talks a lot about the importance of the mash thickness in the tun not being...

Like the title says, is there some simple way to just calculate what the FG will be after addition of juice concentrate to a cider that has finished fermenting, without taking a sample? Let's say if I have 5 gallons of cider at SG 0.995 and want to add concentrate of SG 1.200 (I guess...

Has anyone had good results with spontaneously fermenting juice made from a fruit, berry or vegetable (like carrot or beetroot)? After tasting mikkeller's lambic with beetroot I have half a mind to just try to ferment beetroot juice I've made myself from beetroots put through a juicer. I'm...

I recently coldcrashed my first batch of cider and racked it to secondary. There is still a lot of carbon dioxide action in it afterwords though so in case I haven't stopped fermentation I plan to backsweeten with self-made concentrate. I understand that some do this by taking orchard or...

My first batch of hard apple cider just finished primary fermentation and I'm coldcrashing it right now. After I've transferred the cider to a glass carboy with little to no headspace, how long do you recommend that I store it before bottling? I want to do most or all of the conditioning in the...

Good to know, thanks!

Another newbie questions! I'm currently letting a batch of non-alcoholic cider/apple juice cool down before pitching. Thing is, I'm going to pitch at ambient temperature in my kitchen (68 F / 20 C), which is a bit warmer than the cellar where I will put it after pitching (61 F / 16 C). Is this...

Thanks, I'll go with half a package then!

The topic says it all! Do you have any recommendations about how much Nottingham I should pitch into 2,5-3 gallons of apple juice/cider? I would like it to get the job done without overpitching. Thanks!

Wonderful explanation CvilleKevin. Do you have any recommendations for FG or other ways to measure when a cider is semi-dry or semi-sweet (dry with a bit of sweetness in it)?

Actually I bought Star San a week ago. Don't know about cheap vodka though :)

Thanks for all the tips! :)

Btw, in Sweden svagdricka is mostly a Christmas thing, like "julmust" (which is non-alcoholic). I've never seen it in cafeterias, they unfortunately only sell low ABV beer ("lättöl") if anything.

Podz - we share many things across the baltic sea :) BlueHouseBrewhouse - ...and/or Sweden :)

I have a 6,5 gallon glass carboy which I've just received from my grandfather, in pretty much perfect condition. Anyway I cleaned it with some PBW just to make sure, and put it upside down in a DIY carboy stand, but after approximately 48 hours it still hadn't dried. There were plenty of small...

Thanks, good to hear it's a good thing :) The airlocks are from my grandfather as well, we shall see what happens when the fermentationa really kicks. I didn't think mulled wine and glögg was the same thing but now I believe you're right. The recipe I'm using is from a swedish brewing forum...

I just commenced my first attempt at brewing, a scandinavian christmas drink called "glögg". Many difficulties arouse, but the only thing that is still vexing me is the airlock. I filled it up to a desirable level but when I inserted it into the glass carboy the levela shifted so the outer...