Recent content by chibilightangel

I'm not sure if this will help you, but once I've put in my clearing agents into my carboy, about 2 days later or so, I give my carboy a quick twist back and forth so that sediment that is clinging to the glass can fall to the bottom. I wouldn't call the sediment I get on the walls of the carboy...

If you are working in a glass carboy, see about getting chlorine based soap at your lhbs (mine has always been pink). It does a wonderful job of getting all glassware clean. In a 5 or 6 gal carboy, throw in a good spoonfull or two and fill with water (cold is just fine) and let sit for 24 hours...

Hello to all meadmakers on this forum. First off, a thank you to all that have posted through the years and that this information helped me with finally deciding to give things a go (hardest step it seems) and therefore permitted me to make my first mead very successfully. I have been a...

First mead

First mead

my mead making adventures

I've been meaning to add in my October experiment and keep getting sidetracked. 3.5 gallons of my own home-pressed cider. Thanks to all the wonderful information at homebrewtalk that pushed me in the right direction to give this a try. 1214+ 3.5 = 1217.5

5 gallons traditional mead (my first mead pitched in october, thanks to homebrewtalk for all the awesome information) 1196 + 5 = 1201

I just bottled an Amarone kit from Atmosphere today (http://www.vinecowine.com/products/atmosphere). Wine was started mid-august so it's still young but overall I'm pleased with the results as this is the first time I'm trying this wine. Unfortunately, I've not had any Amarone commercially so I...