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Thank you! I’ll most likely stop at the local hardware store later!

Reviews are good, most people used these for wines

Ok so I want to make an oak spiced acerglyn but I don’t know how much oak to use in a gallon batch, I could do a 2 gallon batch if that makes it easier, so my question is how much oak do I use and how do I prepare it? Do I let it ferment in the carboy? Or let it heat up in a pot with the must? I...

Thank you, i will give an update once I’m a few months in!

Thank you, I will try my best and I’ll give an update when I’m a few months in

Ok so I have an idea for a Christmas brew I’d like to make for next year and since I’m new i dont know how much of each ingredient I should add. Here’s what I’m thinking: -2lbs clover honey -1lbs buckwheat honey -Cranberries -Vanilla -Nutmeg -cloves -1 Braeburn apple - 2 cinnamon sticks This...

I meant to only put a little bit of the buckwheat in, I’m mostly going to stick with clover honey as that is the easiest for me to get, unless you have any other flavor suggestions that I should try to get

Was also thinking about hibiscus tea or caramel apple cyser if anyone has any thoughts on those

Thank you! It’s hard for me to get local honey around where I live, although I was able to get my hands on 3 lbs of buckwheat honey at a farmers market. I’m going to use that in my next batch:) if anyone has any recipes, I was thinking about making a gingerbread mead or cranberry vanilla with...

Thank you! I’ll start stirring in more nutrients in my next batch then! I also have yeast energizer, do I stir that in too or only put that in at the very start of primary fermentation? I really appreciate all the help and tips

Thank you! I’ll start stirring in more nutrients in my next batch then! I also have yeast energizer, do I stir that in too or only put that in at the very start of primary fermentation? I really appreciate all the help

Thank you! Also is there anywhere I can read up about how certain ingredients affect mead and it’s flavors? And with aeration, I thought we aren’t supposed to open up the airlock once you start cause it can risk contamination, do I really need to worry about that?

Also in both batches I sanitized everything of course and I heated the distilled water and honey or the must to about 100 degrees, it did not boil. I then poured the must into my carboy after I saw the proteins rise to the top in the pot. I then waited for the must to reach room temp and I then...

I should’ve been more specific, my bad. My first mead recipe is a mango orange cinnamon 1 gallon batch. I used 2 naval oranges, 1 mango and 2 cinnamon sticks with wine yeast and 3 lbs of clover honey and the rest distilled water. I stuck raisins in there as well for the yeast to gobble up. My...

Hey all! I’m new to home brewing as you c plus tell from the title, I’ve got 2 meads brewing right now, one I’ve already racked and the other is fermenting still. The one that I’ve racked is an orange mango with a bit of cinnamon. The other one is a pumpkin spice that I’ve added actual pumpkin...