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Your right. That why I use a 4:1 beer ratio, a tablespoon of L. DME & a teaspoon of generic yeast energizer! I just made a 6 gallon batch of sweet sack mead with 20# of wildflower honey. I used a one vial one White Labs Sweet Mead/ Wine yeast and I say activity within 8 hours and the mead was...

Your right. That why I use a 4:1 beer ratio, a tablespoon of L. DME & a teaspoon of generic yeast energizer! I just made a 6 gallon batch of sweet sack mead with 20# of wildflower honey. I used a one vial one White Labs Sweet Mead/ Wine yeast and I say activity within 8 hours and the mead was...

It's good advice. I just joined homebrewtalk and failed to notice the date. I've been brewing for 16 years now (since before I could legally drink) when my sister got me a Mr. Beer kit with cans of hopped LME and the 3 gallon plastic fermenter. It came with 1L plastic bottles that I primed using...

Your correct about DME but never use DAP as a yeast nutrient. It should only be added to the primary. DAP KILLS YEAST. I'm a purist. I make cider starters with a 1:1 cider/water ratio and mead starters with a 1:4 honey/water ratio. I typically use white labs WLP720 and add 1/2 tbsp. of generic...

I've found that when making a mead starter with say, White Labs Sweet Mead yeast, the ratio I use is similar to cider, except I make a 2 liter starter. I use a 1:3 ratio. 1 part honey and 3 parts water. I heat the unpasteurized honey (though it's ok if it's not) into a small pot of water on a...

Yes. And I don't dilute. I find some unpasteurized, fresh pressed cider from a farm stand usually, but u can get I've got it from Amazon.com too. I bought six gallons once, made a starter with 1 liter and kept the rest. I boils the entire liter in the flask and then placed it in an ice bath to...