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I have a question for any of you electrically inclined people. I have a freezer that I got for free that I want to use as a fermentation chamber. The thing is that it is a 210 volt freezer running through an inverter changing it to 110. My question is how do I hook a temp controller to it or...

I have racked my mead for what will be the last time before I rack it to my bottling bucket and I was wondering how long it would be ok to have this much airspace on the top of my mead. It will be a couple days before I can get anywhere that I could get a plain mead to top it off with. What...

Looking into building a fermentation chamber and had a question. When is the temperature control the most important. Primary or all the way through. Reason I ask is I am trying to figure my size. I can maintain 65-72 in the room its in now during the winter but not sure what its gonna do during...

I am looking at making an Apple Pie Mead and was wondering if anyone had used Apple pie spices instead of actual cloves, nutmeg, and cinammon sticks. Also when would you recommend adding the spices.

What can I use as a filter on my racking cane. I have full pieces of fruit in my primary and would rather not plug the cane with little pieces of fruit

I checked on my mead this morning and went to punch down the cap and no more CO2 is being visibly produced. It has been on since 2-6-13 with me punching down the cap daily. I don't get my new hydrometer till this evening so not sure if where's it's at. My old hydrometer broke on the 9th so I...

I know this is a newbie question but here goes. I am making a cherry berry mead that calls for Wyeast 4184 which has a tolerance of 11% but I only have Red star wine yeast that is 13% tolerant. The recipe has an ABV of 12%. My question is should I order the wyeast or could I just add a little...

I have made a small batch of JOAM with household things but I am going tomorrow to pick up the equipment I need to start making mead on a larger scale. My LHBS puts together a kit but I was wondering what I need to make sure is in it or what else I need to pick up. In other words, what does...

Hi, i'm new to brewing and was looking for software to keep track of everything. I have looked and BrewTrax and was wondering if anyone had used it and if you have what your thoughts on it were. any other suggestions are welcome.