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  1. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    It's posted on there website (homebrew.ie) I'm gonna have 2 say it 2 them as I'm really p**t of ad I new I was a bit off with the sg bt I'm a mile away if that goes 2 18%.ad there the cheapest here and at the moment money is tight I really have 2 use them. Yeh I like the honey nd really like...
  2. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    O rite the home brew store i use told me it would only go to 14%abv max. is ther any other options as dont really want to add more expense to this as i dont no if ill like it or not
  3. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    Just made my first mead today 6# honey 2gal water(9ltrs) Lalvin k1-v1116 SG-1.080 I was hoping for a sg of 1.115 but i tink i added to much water as its my first time ill take note of it and learn for next time Would i be right in assuming this is gonna be really dry?? Will some sweetness...
  4. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    If you keg it and use keg 2 serve aswell would that not carbonate it?? I tought mead wasnt usually carbonated and served like wine
  5. newbee17

    Carbonating cider/wine/mead

    Sry I wrote dat wrong its 1 two per 750ml
  6. newbee17

    Carbonating cider/wine/mead

    I find with kit ciders i usually just add 1tsp of sugar per 75ml bottle. I usually then leave it in my hotpress for 2weeks and then in my shed for another week to mature that usually does the trick.
  7. newbee17

    New Guy and my new Single Tier Build!

    Good job
  8. newbee17

    Welding a brew stand via the oxy-acetylene method?

    I would just use bolts for this project as your looking to flaten it down for storage.depending how stuck you are for space i would only consider welding this if you can store it fully assembled. Personally i would go with bolts as it would be quicker and i would tink itd be a better job as its...
  9. newbee17

    Making hard lemonade

    I have now left the fruit in for 5 days,racked both batches 2day as dere was a good load of sediment in both of them. The 1 I added the fruit to I had a problem syphining of the fruit it kept blocking the syohon so had to pour it through a strainer so not sure if I've wrecked it of how it will...
  10. newbee17

    Success!!! and Lent!

    Any chance of sharing the recipe?
  11. newbee17

    Making hard lemonade

    Tanks for the info I tink ill go with option 2 as id like to no the abv of it.is it candem tabs dat stop the fermenting? I've already invested in a lalvin yeast for my next batchs. Just made a mistake with this 1 So I'm gona leave it another week for the fruit flavours to go trough it then ill...
  12. hardlemmonade

    hardlemmonade

    Day 1 of my hard lemmonade
  13. homemadewinecellaler

    homemadewinecellaler

  14. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    A
  15. newbee17

    Making hard lemonade

    The problem im facing now is that i used a all purpose white wine yeast(that ill never use again)and i cant find the alcohol tollerance anywere on the internet even my supplyier doesnt know,and i dnt want this to go to dry,i tasted it 2day and already its a bit on the dry side for me but at the...
  16. newbee17

    Making hard lemonade

    I used frozen fruit let it defrost and mashed it i read on a site cant remember which one that if i leave it in a cool place for a week or 2 that most of the yeast would settle to the bottom and when i rack again it would leave enough yeast behind to stop it fermenting anymore so thats what i...
  17. newbee17

    Making hard lemonade

    Its now 3weeks since i started my hard lemmonade,i racked both gal batches 2day i got gravity reading of1.010 Racked 1gal onto 600grams of mixed fruit after i added the fruit i got a reading of 1,016 i just mashed fruit lightly with patato masher and added. im planning on leaving the...
  18. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    Yeh I could say da same ting.ha ha
  19. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

    Yeh the home brew shops on this side of the pond call them demijohns (glass gal bottle with a handle on each side of its neck)
  20. newbee17

    Mead newbie questions

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