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the recipe called for champagne yeast and the brewery didnt have any scotish ale yeast... should i just use wine yeast? it says red star on the packet pasteur champagne E491 on the back... is that good or bad?

thanks for the info i will head to the hardware store tomorow and pick up some syphening tubeing and suck the mead through to the carboy. the only part i dont like about the transfer is disturbing the brew and jamming those pesky oranges into the carboy.

the recipe on the photo is not precise and leaves things out. i decided to tweak the recipe directions and i ratiod the recipe to a one gallon batch instead of a 6 gallon batch like in the picture. at face value this mead (or ale if you double ferment by adding honey durring bottling) is...

I have about six inches space in the bucket is that too much space? How will I know when primary fermentation is over?

hi im brewing JAOM for my first mead. i was wondering: when do i bottle JAOM? i read some place bottles can explode. how do i prevent bottle bombs from going off when bottling JAOM? also: i am brewing the JAOM in a brewing bucket and was wondering if and when should i transfer all of...

minus the gesho i feel like this recipe is so simple its found all around the world. i bet egypt made mead like this way way long ago. perhaps event the romans made mead like this. the recipe is so simple i feel like the natural yeasts and things that make it, go way back to the begining of...

wow i like the idea of nothing going to waste; i just dont want to tell anyone theres dead drone in the mead they are sipping lol! i was just thinking though; when do i pour the JAOM from the fermentation bucket to the large carboy for the second part of fermentation? or do i just let the...

i have bubbling airlock and alot of foam in the bucket. i will look into whole hive mead next time i crack open my hives and work the bees in the spring. i will check gravity again in two or three days just to check and see. i may even wait longer if the airlock continues to bubble. when the...

yes i am a beekeeper i operate 11 hives and should have about 22 hives by this time next year. i will look into this whole hive mead in spring. i cannot open the hives anymore this year or the bees will die, they need to stay warm to survive. but next season i will save the burr comb and stuff...

OG is 1.075. this is my first time taking gravity i am not sure if that is a normal reading. :confused: i do not want to take too many readings. i also made a rookie mistake and forgot to resanitize the instruments and i foolishly put the reading mead back into the batch. basically if the...

I the recipe I used said one packet of flieshmans bread yeast per batch and it was a 1 gallon batch that I read. I'm thinking I need to up the yeast for the extra gallons

Should I add more fleischmanns active dry bread yeast to my 5 gallon brew of joes ancient orange mead? I started with one gallon brew and almost 24 hours later I decided to make another 4 gallons. I added all the ingredients and ratios for four extra gallons added to a bigger container...

thanks i just have to figure out how to make a nice mead tonight. if you have any good recipes let me know. i tried making joes ancient orange mead but i havent gotten the yeast to foam yet so i dont think the batch is going to brew.

today i picked up a great deal off of craigslist! i picked up 6 gallon glass carboy 3 two gallon glass carboys two fermentation buckets with tempature guages three cases of bottles corks and caps corker press 20 yeast packets wine theif hydrometer airlocks cleaner brush and...

UPDATE: i found a better method for making an airlock on a large mouth jar! http://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/how-to-make-your-own-fermenting-jar/ i am going to start my brew with a cheese cloth cover and within a week or two i should have some glass lids back from a glass shop and the parts i...

Be careful pouring hot water In glass I broke a jug making kombucha. The water was steaming hot and I poured it In and it cracked open lol. Don't pour too hot, cheap glass is not to be trusted lol

Nice to know! Because my jars are large they do not have aluminum lids. Would this work: Cover jar mouth with aluminum foil Put a rubber band around the mouth over the foil Push hose through aluminum foil Duct tape around tube and rubber band Put tube in sterile water in a jar Wait...

do i need a carboy? can i use a gallon jug with a wide mouth? (large canning jug with glass top and rubber gasket?) what i meant by wine making kit is carboy water airlock things like that... according to the post im going to need some sort of wine making kit; unless i can get by without that...

hello i am new to making wine. i have brewed kombucha successfully many times. i tried homemade wine at a friends house and would like to brew wine once he gives me 30 grape vine clones next spring and they produce some bushels of grapes. i am a beekeeper. i would like to begin brewing...