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It's even worse than just being processed/filtered: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/food-fraud-fake-honey-cfia-crackdown-1.5222486 A land flowing with artificial honey

Thanks for the advice… this is the honey I ended up getting. It’s not the clover honey I was planning on, but this looked like it might turn out more interesting. Next batch I will look to buy direct from the source.

I'm looking at making my first batch of mead, and am planning to use clover honey. At the store they had both filtered and unfiltered available. My question: are there any advantages to paying a bit more for the unfiltered honey? From other posts I've read that unfiltered honey can cause the...

Working my way through the Costco German beer Advent calendar. December 1st…

Ah, ok, so the boiling process is just to extract the flavor from the hops, not to sanitize or anything like that. Good to know!

Thanks for the advice! I'm just planning to follow the instructions that came with the starter kit, so I will be doing the same approach you're using - primer in the bottling bucket on the floor, fermentation bucket up on the counter. The instructions don't mention waiting for the detritus to...

Thanks RM-MN, that makes sense. Just curious - are these bacterial infections potentially dangerous (i.e., send you to the hospital) or just irritating (i.e., ruin a batch of beer)?

Thanks Joel for the advice! Like the previous poster I assumed that when the bubbling stopped the magic was complete. I will let it sit another week. One additional question: on bottling day, should I discard the first pint or so from the spigot to avoid getting the "stuff" you referred to into...

So I’m one week into the 14-day fermentation process (according to my instructions) for my first brew attempt (Northern Brewer starter kit - Block Party Amber), and since I haven’t seen any bubbling for a couple of days decided to take a sample and measure the current F.G. I read the previous...

Good advice. I am fighting my engineer instincts to study and improve before there's anything to improve.

I'd not heard of Brew-In-A-Bag before, thanks for the pointer! It seems like there are an infinite number of approaches homebrewers have devised to improve their results (e.g., oxygenation, yeast starters, stir plates, DME, BIAB, etc.), and starting out it's not clear in what order these should...

Hi all - I just completed my first batch of Amber Ale from a homebrew starter kit, and found this board while researching why my O.G. didn't match the value listed in the instructions (now I know... likely from poor mixing of the wort with the additional water). I've already invested in a new...