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Helloo, Iv a couple BIAB, 1 gallon brews now.. and im not sure about my gravity readings. the FG seems to go up ...( after I added the priming solution, 4 teaspoons of cane sugar in 100ml water) my last 2 IPA were : #1 Pre boil : 1.034 post boil : 1.052 (when topped with water)...

Morning all Im fairly new to all grain brewing, a good few BIABs under my belt. but last night, I had to leave the house as my malt was in the mash tun. It would have been at the right temp for long enough, but its been left in till the wort is now cold?! the lid was on! ahh.. is this...

Hello, don't know about you guys/gals, I always think about different meads which would be fun to try, but I don't have the room to make them all. so... if you come up with any you wish tot make, or have.. please share and inspire! :) I for one, had an amazing muffin the other morning...

Hello, this will be rather nubee (bee.. honey! get it...#cough) of me, but iv never used Bentonite, Campden Tablets or Potassium Sorbate before. I under stand what they all do (clear, anti oxidant and stops fermentation) but I don't know, or I cant find when to use them. If I use a Campden...

Hello, (writing this on my phone) I made 1gallon batch of mead, 2little oranges and handful of raisins. And 1pack of sweet wine yeast. And around 3.8 lbs of honey, (1.75kg) So i wrapped my demijohn in a blanket as i have a cold is flat, althou the temps been around 18-20dc. I came home to...

Hellooo, Brewing up a 1gallon mead (as I only have space for a 1Gallon demijohn in my flat) Question about racking : As I only have 1 Demi, can I rack of in to a sanitized pot, quickly clean the same demijohn and the rack it back into the same demi as the secondary? I know the risk of...

Hello, how do you mature your meads? bottling... bulk maturing? (air locks or not) im interested in bulk maturing my next peach mead, and wondering if i could mature it in a fermintaion bin ? (you know, the plastic ones in 'home brew' kits) with a tight lid... or would i need an...

Hello, My friend and I brewed up some mead last year, using his home brew kit, a nice 5 gallons. Just kept it simple, oranges and raisins (traditional I read)… I used malt extract for the yeast nutrient, and it turned out very nice…. Only got one bottle left (1 year old now&#8230...