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So I've been doing some poking around and kinda putting together ideas for a hydromel. I've done 2 high gravity meads but I'm looking for a quicker turnaround. I'm planning on doing a 1 gallon batch, using 1 1/2 or so pounds of honey, cinnamon/vanilla additions or really anything else you...

I do one gal batches of meads and ciders, 5 gal beer. I mean ****, wine yeast is like a dollar a pack, 1 gal apple juice/cider isn't expensive either so I'll try it some see what happens. Thanks for the input.

I'm primarily a beer brewer ( made my first cider, didn't turn out well but I know why and that's a different story ). I've read a bunch of articles and I come across some people saying to only pitch 1-2g of dried yeast. Anybody else do this? Reasons, experiences?

Should I just dump it in when it's mixed up? I read an article that said to let it sit for a day. In everyone's experience, is that necessary?

Thanks. I'd just like to use as little water as possible as to dilute the soulution as little as possible. I also don't have a nother carboy to rack to as my other 1gal carboy is full if a blueberry honey mead.

Hey everyone, So I'm going to bottle my first mead and wanted to use bentonite as a fining agent. I've brewed beer for the last couple of years and never used fining agents so it's new to me. My question is, the package says use 4tsp in 1 1/3 cup of water, sufficient for 5 gallons. Should I...

I live in Ocean County, NJ. ( unfortunately ) There's a homebrew shop about 45 minutes away and I didn't get this particular kit from them. The rolling pin idea was my first thought, I'll probably be winging it for this one. RDWHAHB right? Lol

Welcome! I'm originally from Coral Springs, currently stuck in jersey for the next year (hopefully shorter).

So. A little back story: My wonderful wife supports my hobby, though she is not a big beer drinker. She bought me quite a few nice toys ( different topic ), as well as a couple of recipe kits from my Amazon wishlist. Issue: I, unknowingly, selected a jalapeño cream ale recipe ( 05 gal )that...

Without drinking it and thinking "holy crap this is stale", how long would you want to mature to get a fully mature flavor profile but still have that nice, fresh taste? I know each beer will be different, depending on the type, but what I'm going for in Homebrewing is: 1) beer I made myself, 2)...

So what you did is have your beer in primary for 2 or 3 weeks, then a week at 32* ( cold crashing? ), then bottle and carb?

Simple yet effective, I like it. Thanks. I just saved the "how to brew" book that was posted on a similar thread. I'll make sure to read that too.

So let me get the terminology correct, I'm a novice so bare with me. For my first batch that I'm brewing now ( mr.beer ), the conditioning phase would be when I bottle out of the fermenter, put the sugar in the bottles ( as per their instructions ) and let carbonate. I understand that this is...

Ya know, I kept reading and saying "carbonization" and it didn't seem right but I couldn't figure out why. Thanks for pointing that out lol

Ok makes more sense. I've read "secondary fermentation" on here a bit and figured that meant in the bottles after more sugars are added to feed the yeast. As I said, piecing the entire process together in my head.

Haha that's a good point. Unfortunately I currently lack the equipment to do so, I just got started. Soon though, soon.

Roger, thanks. The waiting part is what I've found to be hard. I'm less than one week into the initial brew and it's only a Mr.Beer started LME and I'm excited about it lol

So I've been trolling on here and reading a bunch of topics and responses, mostly in this particular form. My question is: During secondary fermentation, the carbonization of the final product happens after adding more sugar. Now, is this because in the initial fermenting stage, the yeast simply...

Well ya don't have to worry about me being a stick in the mud type, that's for damn sure. I don't get offended and report people over little crap. I'm pretty well behaved until I get a feel for the general feel/attitude of the board haha.

Smart ass huh? That's good, I was hoping there'd be a few smart asses on here like myself haha