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What was your starting gravity and what is it now?

The chocolate may come out more as the bite calms down.

hmmm I got slapped around a bit the last time I used the words, "kill" and "yeast" in the same sentence. Fortunately for everyone, hightest and wayneb stepped in with good explanations of that process. Here's a link to the post

Super tough call man. I think I tossed two sticks in mine and I don't especially like cloves so I don't think I used any of that. If they smell potent to you now, they will be potent in the mead. Just remember that you can always add but it's very difficult to subtract. Again, mine aged...

We're blessed with having a few different shops to pick from and even more if I want to drive far. Which I won't. My old store was great! The gang there would help with recipes. They've moved on to other things and I've moved locations. The new shop is just down the street from me...

Oh perfect. I think it will fine.

What style of beer did you make? It happened to me once but I was making a big porter. I couldn't tell.

It is not a problem. Also you said above that you filled it with water? I would be putting at least a sanitizer solution in there but not plain ole water. I'm a vodka user myself.

It is my opinion that 1 stick and 1 clover per gallon is way too much. Spices have the tendency to get real heavy real fast. I have a Metheglin that I finally bottled just last weekend. It was spiced with a few sticks. The cinnamon is still very present but not overwhelming...anymore. It...

+1 on the spray bottle. However, why spray the inside? Are you putting back in what you just took out? Not me. I drink it. I do it as well and always wondered why.

All I can say is the funk will go away.

Thanks for the non-general answer. I couldn't of done it better myself. As a matter of fact, I didn't. :mug:

In general, you would use sorbate to "kill off" the yeast.

Rolling glass around would make me nervous. I use straps for my glass and get a nice little swirl going by rocking it back and forth. Also, if you make sure to do the half gallon shake thing, do that first. All subsequent juices added will simply mix up with the sugar versus adding the...

Gotcha. I'm not sure on your source of juice but I get mine from the store in 1 gallon jugs. I'll empty half a jug of juice and then fill it up with the sugar and shake it before adding it to the carboy. CVilleKevin, That is some serious cider Pron! :ban:

These look fine to me. What is that purple stuff beneath the stoppers? I use blow off tubes for all primaries.

I would not be worrying about headspace during the primary fermentation. Then again, if I'm using a 5 gallon carboy for a primary, it would be full to the very top "ring" on a glass carboy. I normally do primaries in a 6.5.

Yes. My local shop is great and it's just down the street from me. They have tons of stuff as well.

+1 I use it on big bottles. For my standard beer bottles, I use the dishwasher for sanitizing. (Not cleaning)

:mug: Your decision is full of win!