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Hello all, BLUF: Am looking for a traditional and basic mead recipe. We’ve been keeping bees for a few years now and we’re expecting this coming season to be a productive one. I’m trying to figure out what to do with the excess honey we don’t jar and sell, and figured I might give mead a...

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Hello all, We have a field that has tons of blackberries. Anyone have a good recipe for blackberry wine? I’ve made hard apple cider and brew beer, but this will be my first attempt at a berry wine. I’ve watched a couple of YouTube videos on it, but the recipes are imprecise and questionable...

Hello all, I recently received the results for my well water test from Ward Labs. Can anyone tell me how to interpret them for adjustment prior to brewing? Reading through some older posts, it looks like there might be some website or program we can use where we input the Ward Labs data and...

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Another question about the grainfather conical. I finished my first fermentation in the conical—a lager. It came out ok. Cloudy. I’m not sure if this is because the conical doesn’t get down to traditional lagering temperatures or it’s due to some other issue. Tastes good, though. That...

I haven’t moved my fermenter at all, but is in the basement away from the WiFi, which can be spotty. Maybe you’re onto something.

I never did. I just check whether it’s online every so often using the app and if it’s frozen/offline power off the unit and then restart it. I’ve never had a problem with it returning to the fermentation schedule once restarted. All that said, I have decided I won’t be using the conical...

GrandMark, thank you for the excellent post! You explained everything I had questions about. Cheers!

Hello all. I just started kegging last weekend. I kegged 10 gallons of ale in 2 corny kegs, using 20 psi. I’m really pleased with the product and kind of disappointed I didn’t start kegging sooner. That said, I have some questions about carbonation/psi I’m hoping someone out there can...

I tried several bench cappers and had an entire brew ruined because one of the cheaper cappers didn’t create a good seal. I finally invested in a Ferrari “deluxe” bench capper. A little pricier, but heavy duty and works great.

To close this out on my end, I finally went down just a moment ago and turned off the glycol chiller, unplugged it from the wall, and waited a few moments. While it was off I checked the glycol level on the chiller. It looked a little low, so I topped it off. After waiting a few minutes I...

I lost connection at about 7:30 EST.

Thanks everyone. I’m going to use a temp-regulated chest freezer to control the fermentation and keep it at 67. Thanks for the thoughts!

I bought a Grainfather system around Christmas and brewed my first batch a few weeks ago. I’m very happy with the system; I bought a grainfather, a Grainfather conical, and the glycol chiller. My first batch is a German style lager, currently fermenting at about 10C. The WiFi unit for the...

I bought a Grainfather system around Christmas and brewed my first batch a few weeks ago. I’m very happy with the system; I bought a grainfather, a Grainfather conical, and the glycol chiller. My first batch is a German style lager, currently fermenting at about 10C. The WiFi unit for the...

Hello all, Am making an American amber ale from the Brewing Classic Styles recipe book. The recipe calls for fermentation at 67F/19C, but can anyone tell me if there are temperature step increases/decreases for ale fermentation like there are for lagers? Or is it a simple 67F until...

Hello all. I just brewed my first batch using a Grainfather conical fermenter and glycol chiller. The manual suggested draining yeast every 2-3 days. Today was day 2, I tried to drain yeast and it was stuck. I don’t have a CO2 tank, and ended up using a long stainless steel rod I disinfected...