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Can you still get carbonation if you backsweeten (with AJ concentrate) and you racked into bottles (off the lees)? Maybe I'm 'mis-speaking'... You add AJ concentrate then rack off the lees into bottles. Will I get carbonation? (and subsequently have to pastuerize or fridge it)

I did read the sticky... (several really) The trick seems to be getting it sweet.. getting it carbed... stopping the fermentation process before eating a face full of glass. I just bought 3 1-gal bottles (glass even :) ) of Apple juice from Whole foods. Ill buy some airlocks tonight. I have...

sooo what if I bottled while it was still fermenting? is that what the priming sugar is for? let it finish... add a bit in the bottle, and bubbles.

I've never brewed a beer (only mead) so this may seem silly. At what point does carbonation occur? This may come naturally to beer brewers but everything I've read gives me the impression: it just happens... but how? I have a bucket... I have carboy... I even have grolsch style bottles I...

I did a batch but didn't add pumpkin or spices until I racked to secondary.

A local store has unpasteurized apple juice but it has potasium sorbate added. Can something be done to use this or am I just out of luck?

Could someone provide a good link to back sweetening, please. I had a batch get really dry. I bought a yeast that I was told had a tolerance of 12%. I racked to secondary and gave it a taste... it had a some teeth to it. Final gravity put this thing at 16.5%. I was wondering how to properly...

Thank-you for the responses... bear with me here. I'm only working my second batch. My first batch of mead I used an acid blend and wlp720 (sweet mead yeast alcohol tolerance ~15%) I took a sip when I racked it (about 5weeks in the primary). There wasn't any alcohol hotness. Now... I know...

I guess my next question is what do tannins do? Some articles I read, make em sound like a good thing... some sound bad.

Ive seen people using teabags or loose tea.... What affect does that have? If I steep tea too long it takes a chalky texture to it. So I cant imagine what days/weeks/monthes would do to a mead.

Well.. my first batch I had help... second batch I altered a little. Ive read in a variety of sources that honey isn't as acidic as yeast would prefer. Acid additive isn't necessary but helps (from what Ive read and been told). The bentonite... I was imitating from the first batch. My brain says...

I probably just need patience... I got home form work yesterday and checked it and it was bubbling away. Insert drill stir... degas and re-froth...

I carboyed my first batch. Tastes good (its cloudy though). I started a second batch. 15 pounds Orange Blossom Yeast Nutrient (half dose) Bentonite Acid Blend Filtered Tap water to 5 gallons A packet of Red Star Cote du Blanc dry yeast. OG: 1.118 I reconstituted the yeast with 1/4...

Thank-you for the replies... this is good to know. So... what is the line between O2 being good for fermentation and bad for clearing. My first batch of mead is a 3gal Orange Blossom. I kept reading that headspace in clearing needed to be minimal; so I bought a 3gal PET Better bottle...

Ive been reading on containers... PET vs glass vs ..... Yesterday I found something when reading on food grade containters... that was using containers that previously held food. I thought: What if I used 1-gallon water jugs from the store? Put my mead in that instead of buying a gallon...

2# fresh pumkin and 1# sweet potato PER gallon. thats a lot of product... am I reading that right?

Imma Meadmaking noob but... Ive read you cant use most store apple juice because it has preservatives that interfere with fermentation. Is store bought honey the same way? Common Sense says ya'll wouldn't post if it were otherwise but I'm just askin out-loud.

I got one of those. Definitely easier to read. I picked up some sanitizer as well as other things. Hit home depot for some buckets (cleaning) and spray bottles. After I rack it to the carboy, Ill hit the store again to start a second batch; getting the little stuff this time: acid blend...

Thank-you for the responses. I partook of a mead event held locally by a homebrew club at a homebrew retailer. Newcomers to homebrewing could buy the bucket, airlock, honey and yeast... the club provided the little stuff. I didnt write everything down from that first day. But from memory, I...

I haven't seen any activity in the airlock except when I move it ( to take readings). There are co2 bubbles in the mix when I take a reading. A gentle stir releases em. Like I stated.. .Ive never done this before so I am unsure what to expect. If its normal Ill leave it alone and try to be...