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Sorry to revive ald thread, but I have just a few fischer bottles (my gaskets are not glued though... these are from 2003ish? I have a couple green fischer bottles too, don't remember what kind it was... maybe it was the dry one?). Bought them back in college for homebrew and I was not a big fan...

Is there anyway to use flaked oats with malt extract brew rather than in a mash??? Can you mash the oats alone??? edit... I guess not? http://www.howtobrew.com/section2/chapter12-2.html "Oats need to be mashed with barley malt (and its enzymes) for conversion."

Tasted good in march... tasted good this past weekend when I bottled it... dry, but not overly so... 12%ish .996... looking forward to it down the road. I put it in Fischer (french) swing top bottles... hope that is okay for upwards of a year+... funny story... while I was washing bottles...

my babies have sprouted and are growing like hell! 2nd year...

haha... No problem. I really do appreciate the feedback. I'm just here to learn and maybe even (occasional) help someone; though advice sought may (severely) outweigh advice given. I understand the impulse to assume I was some nutty kid trying to drink 2 month old fire in a carboy... as george...

Thanks for the adive, but just in case you got the wrong idea, I was not complaining... I always taste my hydrometer samples and, if anything, I waited a couple extra weeks before racking to secondary... Any impatient impluse I have can be put off with my back to back to back beer projects and...

not related to dead guy... (which I love)... but I've been trying william's extracts for a while now and some of the FGs have remained a little high (OG of 1.055 might only drop to FG 1.024 depending on the type of extract... i.e. the nut brown remains higher than the amber which hit FG...

bean beer... hmm... interesting idea... they actually make pretty killer brownies.. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/black-bean-brownies-recipe/index.html thanks for all that info. even if you did choose a name eerily close to molester ;) just picking... I do appreciate...

as of january 2012 (4 months since production) this is at 11% and has a very pleasing taste... has been stable and clear for a long time and I think I can bottle it anytime... been busy making back to back to back batches of beer lately, and trying to forget about the mead for a while so I can...

12/29/11 racked to secondary... still got that rocket fuel edge, but time, patience, and time should make this nice... 15% w/ SG of .998... but still a little sweetness.

It looks like people have just substituted it for honey or some other type of highly fermentable sugar in various recipes. I just bought some yesterday. I want to incorporate it in some kind of gluten free recipe for my wife. Have at it, and good luck! Let us know how it turns out! Just do a...

gotmead progress... I won't typically do this, but I posted this problem at both sites.

It has been fermenting 10 days; I am still getting one bubble in my S-airlock every 7 seconds or so. It fermented really strongly for a number of days before slowing. I aerated for 4 days, but did not add anything. Tastes pretty decent, though it is (obviously) still very sweet. No funky odors...

Thanks all for the ideas to consider. I have a 1 gallon batch I started back in august, but I hated the idea of pouring my first mead into my big batch (esp. when it is tasting pretty good...). In the future I will start a small batch for use when topping up.

I only have two 6.5 gallon carboys and no immediate plans for more. When I rack my first 6 gallon batch to secondary how bad would it be to top off with a vodka/water mixture of a similar ABV to the mead? this is how much head space I have:

lol... sorry and thanks. Going to the fridge now. some if it (that seen in the bottom) seems to be mostly heather residue that passed through the strainer and funnel screen... the rest is coagulated proteins and wax particles (got some help at gotmead).

pics moved to OP. I hope 5 grams of yeast will be enough!

Thanks bubbachunk. I'd say that's good advice; I'll try to take it, lol... maybe someone else will tell me specifically why I shouldn't worry...

Firstly, should I refrigerate them? I like supporting my local home brew store, so my "DAP" is Fermax... and I don't have superfood or fermaid, but rather "yeast energizer" (ingredients above) ... both are from "Crosby and Baker"... I hope I didn't use too much... I know hightest says at...

I have not added the yeast! :)