Recent content by JarlHammer

I probably shouldn't have jumped the gun on this, then, but beginner's worry definitely played a part here. Now I know for the next batch!

Well, the reading before the water addition came through at 1.000, so it's already dry at this point.

As an update, I changed my mind about leaving it alone, and took the advice to top it off to the neck of the fermenter with water to reduce headspace, as I do not have any glass marbles lying about. Gave it a good stir, without sloshing, and we will see how it turns out in a few more weeks...

Just came back to this, and that is an awesome video. I've learned something new today! So, I believe I'm going to leave it alone for now, give it another week or so, and then take a reading. At that point, my 3L racking vessel will be emptied from the cider that is in it right now, and I can...

Fair enough, I appreciate it! Thanks for the help.

For sure, I have been religious with sanitization. My main concern at this point with taking a reading is that by removing my bung and airlock, I will be letting the CO2 out, and without an active fermentation, there will he oxygen present in the carboy from there. I don't know if I'm just...

The angle of the photo doesnt show it too well, but there is a decent yeast cake/lees bed at the bottom of the vessel. Honestly, the stalling theory is a worst case scenario that I'm not too worried about, mostly just beginner's paranoia. As far as the rest of it goes, if I take a reading, do I...

1 Gallon of my very first mead, which you helped me with, Dan. :mug: 1 Gallon BOMM And next Friday, 08/06, I will be starting a 5 gallon BOMM with some local honey a friend of mine is harvesting. 139+7 = 146 gallons

Good afternoon! I am looking for some advice on how to proceed with my BOMM batch. I started this batch on 07/16/21, and I noticed yesterday that my airlock no longer has any activity whatsoever. Unless you count it's stellar performance keeping out a fruit fly! Anyway, I am conflicted on how I...

Sounds delicious, way to go! You gave me some great advice on my first mead, which I've now bottled, and I'm looking forward to starting a BOMM next myself.

Looks fantastic, Dan. Let us know how it turns out!

For a final update on this, I was able to bottle today! FG came out at a whopping 1.090, so it's very sweet, like a dessert. Lesson learned, I've already started my next brew which will just be a traditional honey, water, and Lavlin 71B. Thanks again for all of the advice given here!

I don't plan on making any more brews with bread yeast; this was my first ever, and my closest local brew store is about a 2 hour drive from my house. I didn't want to go all in if it wasn't something I was going to enjoy doing. However, I have been having a blast, and have since picked up some...

Thank you so much for the information! I appreciate it.

Thanks for the advice! I've seen a lot of recipes call for DAP at various sugar breaks, is there a reason to not use it?