So..... I have these empty 5 gallons buckets... Can I just drill a hole, bung it and ferment in there?
Fermenting in the honey buckets?
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I was thinking about doing that with my bucket - just dumping some water in with the last 1/4 of the honey and letting it do it's thing.
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yeah, exactly, would need to drill a hole and bung it.... not sure where to get that bung, I bet the home brew shop might have it.
summersolstice
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I have several pails from various sources that I've drilled and added spigots. The holes are 1".
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and you get bungs from the home brew store.
jmulligan
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Or your nightstand... Zing!
How much honey did you guys end up getting and what did you pay/unit?
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yunus just picked up 6 buckets. 360 lbs 
115 a bucket
115 a bucket
jmulligan
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Ok, just to make sure I'm not stupid:
60 lbs = 1 bucket = 5 gallons?
60 lbs = 1 bucket = 5 gallons?
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ya it is it is!
Cugel
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So Yunus and Jezter are getting freaky with the mead. WOW!
Must have been the aftereffects of my mead they sampled at chez Claphamsa.
Must have been the aftereffects of my mead they sampled at chez Claphamsa.
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it was my meade, way better than yours!
Cugel
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once alan and ben and janet all get some going we need a tasteoff! so everyone knows mine is the bestest!!!!!
Cugel
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I'll make sure I keep some of my last semi-dry batch then, as my last few batches turned out too dry and 15+% ABV.
No more than 12 lbs honey per mead from now on
No more than 12 lbs honey per mead from now on
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jsut back sweeten dog!
hmm, you know, we all kinda make meade now..... we really should do a competition. I say early November so everyone has a chance to get something together!
hmm, you know, we all kinda make meade now..... we really should do a competition. I say early November so everyone has a chance to get something together!
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oh yeah, and this thread really kept on track
Mr. Nice Guy
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I have two fermenters I have made myself out of food grade buckets. I just drill a 1 inch hole in the lid and use a #6 bung, you could even save a little and use a smaller bung and hole. Today I'm turning a gallon of generic concord wine into a fermenter doing the same thing. I even made a mead in the 1 quart plastic container my honey came in, it had some left in the bottom so I added some corn sugar to it and funny enough it tastes like most commercial mead I have had. I can't believe it came out so nice with so little honey and an equal amount of corn sugar.
I'll make sure I keep some of my last semi-dry batch then, as my last few batches turned out too dry and 15+% ABV.
No more than 12 lbs honey per mead from now on
D'oh - I've been following Clap's standard 15#
I hope they dont' dry out.
Cugel
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You may now call me the Yeast Whisperer!
I can get 15.5% ABV out of yeast that should die at 14%, with no step feeding.
Unforunately
