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Ok, so I have 4 5 gallon carboys full of mead aging away. I have been asking friends and neighbors, what is their favorite pie and jam, to get new ideas. I buddy of mine says he likes grape jelly. I assume it is a concord grape jelly. I want to try a 1 gallon batch of a pyment (thinking of...

up to this point, I have been doing ciders and meads with wine yeasts. i started a graff about 2 weeks ago and just realized a potential problem. Th starting gravity if dried all the way out would give me a etoh content of 8%. However I used a nottingham yeast not knowing that it only goes...

I posted this on the mead side as well. Has anyone tried a pumpkin graff? I was thinking of putting the pumpkin in with the grains. Any recepie direction is much appreciated. Thanks

Has anybody done a pumpkin graff? I was thinking on doing one with a 2 gallon beer to 3 gallon cider ratio, with the pumpkin put in the the beer when mixing the grains. I would love help on the recepie.

Just curious. I have 5 gallons of a blueberry mead at about 4 months old, recently stabalized and backsweetened. Im thinking about adjunct flavors. If I accidently add and leave on oak for too long, will the oak flavor age out any? Or do I have to thin out with some other mead? I haven't...

About how much honey will increase 1 gallon of mead about 1% ish during backsweetening?

OK, I have 5 gallons of cyser made with 8 pounds of honey 1/2 pound of dates, 1/2 pound of raisins, and 5 gallons of cider...after every rack was topped off with additional cider. Should end at 14-15% etoh made with d47. It started on Nov 15. It is clear as a bell. I have been thinking of...

i did my first cider late last year and it has been 8 months total since primary. I let it dry all the way out with a wine yeast. At botteling and added 1 can of frozen juice concentrate. Halh was immediately bottled and pasturized, half was naturally carbed then pasturized. Time has gone by...

Ok I have a blueberry mead in primary. 14 lbs homey 5 gallons water, nutrient and d47 and 5 lbs of blueberry, in primary about 7-10 days. My secondary will be an additional 3 pounds of blueberries and 1 month in secondary. Next I want to split the batch into smaller 1 gallon carboys. Im...

I need some opinions. I am making a blueberry mead. 5 gallons water, 14 lbs of wildflower honey, 5 lbs blueberries (mashed / frozen / thawed) nutrient, and d47...primary will go about a week to 10 days i expect. Can I take the blueberries from primary and put them thru a juicer and put...

Ok new to the forum, please guide me. I have 5 gallons of hard apple cider, 5 gallons of perry and 5 gallons of cyser all in secondary. I read about priming the cider with apple juice concentrate, botteling and waiting util appropriately carbonated, then stovetop pasteurizing. I wanted to...