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I de stemmed them and froze them. Then a day or two before I added them I let them thaw in the fridge. After they thawed I crushed them with the pit still in then dumped them in.

I've had a Cherry going I put 5lbs in first 3 weeks and I went do a secondary and it had theses little white mold looking patches. I racked it anyway trying to avoid them. I bottled it today and it had more patches in it. I'm hoping its just mold from the cherries floating. Here it is:

Thanks no suggestions I guess.

I really like Modelo Especial but all I can find is Negra clones. I know its similar to any other light lager but does anybody have any suggestions? I like Tecate also but its not quite the same.

I started using my spoon to loosen up the grain bag by putting the spoon under the bag and letting the grains droop over the spoon. Then I'll dunk it a couple times and repeat then let it stew for awhile and repeat again. It seems to get more stuff out when I dunk it again I see lots more grain...

I'm also trying to find a good recipe for this. This is what I'm thinking. 5 Gallon batch 3lbs Pale DME 3.3lbs Wheat LME 1.5lbs Flaked Wheat (Unmalted?) 1.5Oz Orange Peel 15 Min 1Oz Coriander 15 Mins 1Oz Styrian Goldings 60 Mins .5 Oz Sazz 15 Mins This for Extract I'm not up to all grain yet. I...

So I have 5lbs of Orange Blossom Honey. I was thinking that would be like a 2 or 3 gallon batch. I was just going to make a straight mead this time it would be my third batch. I've only made gallon batches so far. I also have a question about yeast. I was just going to use some champagne yeast...

No its not exactly JAOM I figured I'd give him credit I kind of went off it.

Thanks for all the help. Lots of good info. Its only been about a week in the secondary now and its so clear. Its my first mead its JAOM I'm thinking of bottling it in another week or two. I also have another question. I have an auto siphon for 5 gallons but I was trying to clean the bottom...

Yea the secondary was lower. It was a pain getting enough tube into the small 1 gallon jug and pulling it out enough to get a siphon going. Thanks for the help.

I'm having trouble starting a siphon from a small one gallon jug to another. So I got tired of it and just tried to gently pour it. It foamed up a bit I'm assuming there's still CO2 left and I figured it couldn't be a bad thing kind of like degassing. Am I wrong and I'm oxidizing it or will it...

I don't know if Extreme Brewing has them available online but I saw a few kits in my LHBS but it live in DE where there located. They just came out though so I'm gonna have to try one.

I bought a used 5 gallon carboy at a Antique shop and looked in very good shape except for a white filmy looking residue in the bottom but I figured 20 bucks good deal so I got. Let bleach soak over night shaking occasionally next day then scrubbing with a brush. Never came out. Decided to brew...

More the bucket plastic taste. I was thinking the same it wouldn't be as much of a worry in cold. Like what Revvy said I've read that its no problem to let it stay in primary. I'm on my 8th brew and most of my first ones I racked as soon as the airlock stopped bubbling and the FG was right. So...

I've had the Ethiopian mead in a fermentation bucket for a little less than 3 weeks and I plan on cold crashing it for another two weeks in the same bucket. Would about 5 weeks be too long in the bucket? I can't move it to a carboy both my glass carboys are full right now bad planning on my part...

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Would I lose cherry flavor from a cherry beer if I took the cherries out and moved it to a secondary carboy for conditioning before fermentation was complete. I had it in my garage and it was too cold for it and I mistakenly thought fermentation was over. I now have the carboy inside around...