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Thanks for the reply. Do you think it was something to do with Hennepin in particular or is it more of bad luck with this batch sort of thing? I actually recently read something about Ommegang often using a bottling yeast that is different from the fermenting yeast. I'm not sure if they do...

How did this work out for you? Also, I'm completely inexperienced culturing yeast but would love to give this a try. Question about your process: why the cold crash step? Did you cold crash it and then pitch both all the liquid and all the yeast that crashed out, or just the yeast cake or just...

I think i'll use the oak only in half of one of the gallons, in case it ends up tasting too strange. Should I bulk age it in the gallon jugs? or split it up into smaller bottles right now? I'm leaning toward bulk but I figured I'd ask.

I think i'll use the oak only in half of one of the gallons, in case it ends up tasting too strange. Should I bulk age it in the gallon jugs? or split it up into smaller bottles right now? I'm leaning toward bulk but I figured I'd ask.

are there wrong types of oak? When I toasted it, it smelled delicious and sweet so I figure it will be good. Anyone have thoughts on: If it is finished fermenting, do I rack it into another jug with an airlock again in case it's still fermenting a little bit? or do I just rack into sealed...

also, quick exciting note: I'm on the east coast and the hurricane knocked down huge trees/branches, including part of an enormous oak. I gathered up some chips yesterday and toasted them at different temps for different flavors and am going to add them to one of the meads.

Each of my gallon jugs have a different recipe and around 2lbs of honey in them. Some also have juices (blackberry, apple, peach etc) or spices. I didn't take a hydro reading since I don't have one. Type of yeast was LALVIN 71B-1122 - supposed to go up to 14% ABV. If it is finished...

I have a set of different meads that all got stuck around 1 week (maybe a little longer) into the fermentation. They were all going really strong and then all stopped pretty suddenly. I tried adding some more yeast energizer and nutrient but it didn't seem to help. I was on vacation so I'm not...