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White Labs Irish Ale (WLP004) yeast has worked well for me on a number of different meads. Champagne yeast will work as well, but you will have to back-sweeten. The California Ale will work too, but has a higher attenuation and alcohol tolerance (supposedly) than the Irish Ale, leaving...

Same here. Aced the assessment after watching the videos and figured the quiz would be about the same. Wrong.

It is not too late to sign up, and there are a lot of other classes that look interesting as well.

Dissolved C02 increases the density of water (maybe must is decreased by dissolved C02-I'm not sure), but I think it is more the release of the C02 from solution that would cause the false readings (I had the same "problem" with a recent batch - started at 1.083, and my first reading after...

Great, then it sounds like it won't be an issue for you. I have had some pretty rough starts from pitching problems, so it stuck out to me. In fact, that yeast is supposed to demonstrate high-tolerance for a number of factors, including low-nutrient must, which means the added nutrient may not...

Madras Carrot honey is a varietal that comes only from an area in central oregon, where hybrid carrot seed is produced for sale to carrot growers. Apparently, it is one of the only places in the world that is able to successfully do this on such scale (they provide most of the currently...

Hi Paul, Sounds like an interesting recipe. As for mistakes, yeast should be rehydrated in warmed, preferably sterile water rather than must/wort etc., as doing so can stall or even prevent activity. That is supposed to be a particularly hardy strain, but if you have a slow start, you...

90.5 + 6 G Wildflower light Show 2.5 Madras Carrot Medium Show May make additions to either/both in secondary. 99

I would say I am willing to risk the injury for the love/joy of the hobby, but I suppose that is just the same conclusion for a different reason. However, a severe enough injury can quickly take the joy out just about any hobby, so I would like to stack the odds in my favor. Fortunately, with...

So assuming the unit cost holds true for carboy-type vessels (when in reality it will likely be several times more costly), we are looking at 45 - 50 k for a 6.5 gallon carboy. I think I will risk the glass, as it would cost less to have a hand reattached, or start a brewery.

We already have it apparently, its aluminium oxynitride (ALON), and it was mentioned earlier in this thread. The cost is "comparable to synthetic sapphire". I don't know how that translates to dollars, but I get the feeling it is cost-prohibitive - except when the budget is funded by our...

That looks like a winner to me. Probably get getting one, or something like it if it comes up. Thanks.

With all the improvements in materials (available), it is a shame that we don't see more quality products at affordable prices. The aluminium oxynitride is likely going to cost a small fortune to make a carboy out of it. Even a borosilicate glass carboy made with an external coating (pvc...

These images are certainly frightening, but do not motivate me to abandon glass fermentation vessels. Ultimately, I think we are choosing our poison here, as glass comes with obvious risks -which can be very well-controlled through good practices- while plastics leach known an unknown...