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First mead I'm making. I step fed the yeast (Monchet) and hit 2/3 sugar completion within 9 days. I then transfered to secondary. It's been in there for 3 weeks and all of the yeast has settled to the bottom. I plan on keeping it there for another 2 months before bottling. Should I worry...

Hello, I'm on my first mead. I didn't aerate the co2 out enough during the first few days and seem to be paying for it. Last night I was at sugar completion and transfered to secondary. My PH was at 2.8. After adding 1.25 tsp of CaCl to 1 gallon of mead the ph was still 2.8. I read that Co2...

I jostled a keg a few weeks ago and my ball-lock disconnect unscrewed just enough to leak out my entire co2 tank. Pretty nervous about it now since co2 refills are a pain and unplanned cost. So now I'm setting the PSI to 15 when serving and then turn it off when I'm not serving. The next day...

My LHBS only carries Munich in a can and it's a 50% blend of pale and munch. So if I have a recipe calling for 3# of Munch LME does that mean I should use two cans?

Numbers for the kit don't add up with what I have in my Hopville entry and I was wondering if anyone can confirm. Ingredients: 2 lbs Briess CBW Brewers Gold Dry Malt Extract 3 lbs Briess CBW Amber Dry Malt Extract Specialty Grains: .5 lb Caramel Vienne Malt .5 lb Caramel Wheat Malt...

First, sorry to be asking this question. I've googled and searched this board and after some reading haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. I know using ice is a risk to contamination and this has had to be covered before. With my propane burner going out I'm forced to use my...

I made an IPA and placed the yeast slurry in a quart mason jar. It's been sitting in the fridge for 6 weeks now. I plan on brewing this weekend which put's it at 7 weeks old. Is this ok to use for my Imperial Stout or should I just bay the $5 for smackpack?