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Just read all 14 pages. I just started my first mead less than a week ago(JAOM) the only thing I can't decide is wether to make a gallon batch of this or go straight for the 5'er!!!

I also used dark brown sugar and man does my sample taste good!:mug:

So you fermented with the wild yeast that came with the fresh pressed juice?

So just finished bottling. Had the problem of the syrup sinking to the bottom of the bottling bucket and I even tried to prevent by: mixing concentrate with syrup before adding, stirred a few times during bottling. Oh we'll, tasted it and it was amazingggg. Question though. My yeast cake looked...

Just a picture of my caramel sauce bubbling away earlier this morning

Really pumped. Bottling this tonight with 3 cans of AJC and the caramel sauce. However, this fermented down to 1.01 in about a week and a half. Does it matter that it went so quickly?

I used Nottingham yeast and its been really chugging along for the past week. After a week, I'm still at a bubble every two seconds. Question though, what temp are you fermenting at and did you make a starter? You could have a leak or you pitched bad yeast. When you say everything looks normal...

Whoa thats a real hot fermentation. May have to try that come summer time when the house warms up a bit. Keep us updated! Been thinking about using a Saison yeast strain

So pumped. Started this yesterday. 5 gallons of Motts 100% natural juice and 2#'s dextrose. 1 packet of Nottingham yeast. Woke up this morning and not even 24 hours later getting about a bubble per second in the airlock. Sitting at about 70 degrees right now. OG was 1.065. Think I'm only going...

Ahh sorry to hear about the stitches. Well, at least you finished bottling :mug: For some reason I always get nervous at that part in the process, always feel like something bad is going to happen. But no worries, just sit back now and have a homebrew

Only problem(if fermentation is done) is that transferring increases the risk of contamination. I know being a new brewer you just want to keep doing stuff to your beer, often time though patience is what leads to the best results. As has already been stated, if you didn't have any additions...

Thanks guys. I figured since the beer has finished fermenting and the alcohol content will protect the beer. Just a little pissed that now I only have 3.5 gallons. On a good note, it tastes realllllll good

So I've been brewing The Pumpkin ale kit from Midwest. I modified the recipe as many of the comments had said and added a whole lot of pumpkin (90 oz of Libby's). Problem is, I racked today into my 5 gallon secondary and am about 1.5 gallons short of 5 in my secondary given a whole lot of...

Ale smith is awesome. Hess is very novel with great beer, Stone is beautiful. Manzanita has a great chipotle beer and the brewer is real friendly. Lightening didn't impress me. If you can make the trip, alpine makes some of the most unique beer I've had. Pizza port has a good atmosphere. Lost...

Sorry to hear that man. GL finding some place, that can't be fun

Nope your fine. They will just settle out on the bottom with the rest of the trub

Can you go into that limeaid process a little bit. Sounds interesting and I've got a couple gallon growlers waiting for experiments

Will do. One more question regarding chilling the beer. After teh initial 2 weeks of letting the bottles sit out, should all of them go into the fridge to chill at once, or can I put them in as batches and when I finish one batch(or close to it) put in the rest. Putting 50 bottles of beer in the...

Shoot. I dont know how I missed boiling the sugar in water first before putting it into the bottling bucket. Ill try to re-suspend the yeast and let it sit a bit longer. As for the cooling, its usually in the fridge about 36 hours before I pop it open to try, so I will also try to wait(as hard...

Ok so I bottled my first beer about 3 weeks ago(Saison). My issue with it is that it tastes great but it "feels" kind of watery and does not have that mouth feel of beer. When I pour it theres a nice white head but it just feels like its lacking carbonation when you drink the beer. Heres a...