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Bottle bombs are quite exciting though! Right up until the point where your cleaning up a few gallons of sticky.

small batch as in 1 gallon? or a 1.5 liter growler? Either way I think Ill give it a try next go around Any advantage of doing it this way, I would think the extra sugar and fruit pulp would add a little nutrient for the yeast to munch on.

thats actually a great idea. I get vanilla beans in a little vial, 2 beans. Should I keep the beans in the vial and fill up the vial with vodka and let it sit in there? or transfer it to another container first?

I know the company but would it work? And do you think it would make enough of a different to do it?

Alright, so when I was little my step dad took me to mexico to meet his family, well our family. And while I was there I remember stopping by all the little shops in mexico city and trying everything! All the different foods and fruits and everything. Before this Ive never really been out of the...

I guess, though half the fun is now knowing what will happen. thats part of the learning experience too. You start off way Positive and the next batch will be way negative and up and down the waves go positive negative till you mellow out right at 0 neutral and then you have a bunch of mead you...

Well you do need to think of how much honey. CU_tony Maylar These replies were to my Post A Slight Mistake Where I posted that I accidently added too much honey when I didnt weigh well enough. Hope this helps!

+1 Also make sure you kill of the fermentation process completly, would suck to have some nice bottles and have them shatter from the pressure. Been there done that but with 1 gallon mead. Sticky Sticky mess.

I use vanilla in pretty much everything I brew and In my experience i usually use quite a bit so its strong, and then it will mellow out, sometimes dissapear but come back with age. Though it really depends if you use the bean, crushed vanilla or extract. Thats just me though.

En skål til Odin "A Toast to Odin Click Here to see Formal Writeups of all MaxTheSpy Recipes [Warning: If you follow the way I did this exactly, you will end up with a very strong clove mead. I love cloves an insane amount so I loved it though If you only just like them or dont really like...

Patience is right! I started a 5 pound to 1 gallon batch and its so damn slow I ended up buying another couple carboys so I could let the heavy one sit for a few months

I just started a 4 pound 1 gallon batch with Red Star Premier Cuvee yeast. Got airlock activity within 20 min and its going strong but slow. Lots of people said it wouldnt work but its all about trial and error. see what works and what dont.

wholly chit. There was a lot of comments, Good news everyone. It seems to be fermenting! just very slowly. I started with SG of 1.160 and now it sits around 1.120 just 6 days later. Started on the 22. Let me know if this seems alright or if its going too fast or too slow.

What would you reccomend that I do to fix this?

Hydrometer reading on day 2 (I forgot on day 1) was 1.150. looks to be going alright. Pretty slow though. And @Drewed what is osmotic shock?

Alright, I was making my second batch of mead came back from the store with 4 little containers of natural honey, and Failed to realise that two of the containers were slightly larger. Its a 1` gallon batch though I used more like 4 pounds instead of 3. The airlock has a little activity...

I believe my mead to be some of the finest in the area. Ill Sett til sverdet de som er uenige.

Cote Des blancs yeast and 3.5 pounds honey and the rest water to 1 gallon

My Batch of En Skal Til Odin i think might be ready for secondary. No activity in the airlock. with the following readings: Its making me nervous that the SG isnt dropping, Should I kill of the yeast, put it into secondary with the clay of clearing and let it sit in secondary for a while...

Hey, I was wondering if someone out there wanted to help me build and refine my logo, I made a mock up of the label but it is pretty low rez and I would like it to look a little nicer, Throw out your ideas, and if you can help. Im not awesome at graphic design. Label is included below A Toast...