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Thanks for the info! That's interesting and good to know. I think I am going to try the hibiscus tea and maybe start low and dose it up to what I want.

Excellent. Thanks for the link too that looks like a useful website!

No I use an extra glass carboy to transfer into and then bottle out of that using a siphon and bottle filler. I'm thinking maybe I should buy a new bottle filler and replace that as well.

I am making a Christmas Mead (with things like Mulling spices, cinnamon, etc.) and I would like to make it a nice red color. Is there a good way to make it red without adding much flavor? Or at least something that is appropriate to the mead (I'm not looking to add fruit to it)? I was looking...

Would fermentation temperature control account for the sour flavor and overcarbonation? I do not have a converted fridge yet for temperature control but I have fermometers on the carboys and use a swamp cooler. I keep a pretty close eye on it and, while it does fluctuate, I keep it ~68 and it...

Thanks for the replies! I am careful about my Star San proportions. Also, I checked the pH and it seems to be acidic enough (I was told that if the pH is less than ~3 it should be good). I've tried changing the tubing, etc. and also started disassembling my bottling wand but no luck so far. I...

Hello everybody, This is my first post on here and I was hoping for some help and ideas with troubleshooting infections. I've been homebrewing for about a year with mixed success. I've made some beers that I'm pretty happy with but have had a perpetual problem of infected beers- not all of...

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