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Maylar, thanks for the tip. I have a carboy ready to transfer too my initial reading was 1.112. At this point I have been fermenting for about 80 hours. I did take a gravity reading earlier today at I was at 1.080. (Which seems a bit on the fast side. I am using D47 but my temps have been pretty...

This is a lot more reassuring. I do appreciate it. I think I might be a little to in my own head so to speak and thus the worry. I chose to use the bucket in order to more easily add nutrients and degas. As I said above, I have never had a non sealing lid and it was causing what sounds like...

Hey all I have a mead fermentation question that I am hoping someone could help to answer. I am brewing a 5 gallon Cyser / Melomel its a Apple Juice, Cherry Juice, whole pitted cherries and of course honey combination. IF it matters to anyone the recipe is as follows: 9lbs Honey 2...

I posted this elsewhere on the forum but haven't yet gotten a response. I was wondering if this looks to be potentially infected or not. There is a thin I guess what I would describe as a "Line" of bubbles on the top of one of my batches which simple won't go away unless I ever so slightly shake...

I am wondering if my cider is potentially infected. I am pretty new to home brewing. I currently have a JAOM going and two 5 gallon carboys of Ed's Apfelwein recipie followed exactly. My question about an infection relates to my second carboy. The first from what I can tell looks fine and...

Awesome, thank you very much!

Background: I am new to home brewing of any kind. I have spent the better part of the last month researching different types of home brews and have settled on JOAM as my first foray into brewing. Question: I have found a ton of information on JOAM on this site, as well as other sites, as...