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Hey All, I'm attempting a braggot style mead for the first time and am having some difficulties. The recipe that I am following is: 8 lbs Bavarian Wheat DME 10 lbs wildflower honey 2 oz tettnang hops whirlfloc tablet in the boil at the 60 min mark Lalvin ICV D-47 yeast Now for the...

I have a hard cherry cider in secondary right now and I'm a little concerned about carbonation. The last time I tried to carbonate a cider with conditioning tablets, it failed miserably, and this particular one needed carbonation to taste right. I was wondering if there was a way I could...

Hey there everyone! I have 5 gallons of Blackberry Cider in secondary right now and I have a question. After the primary fermentation ended I racked off of 4 lbs of frozen blackberries and on to 3 lbs of blackberry puree. I'm trying to maintain as much of the blackberry flavor as possible...

Greetings my friends and brew enthusiasts! I have an itch to get some cider brewing and I wanted to make one that was a deep rich dark red, kind of make a vampire type drink. I was thinking blood orange to make an adult version of the Tru Blood soda made popular by the HBO show True Blood...

I have a batch of cider that I just bottled. I used cranberry and apple juice with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg for 3 gallons and pasteur champagne yeast. I was concerned about it being too dry, so I back sweetened with 11.5 oz of apple juice concentrate and 1 1/2 tsp Potassium Sorbate...

I'm currently working on my first cider batch and I have a question. There is a strong sulphur smell coming out of the airlock right now and I was curious if there was anything I could do to get that to go away. Would it be possible to use campden tablets in the secondary to get the smell...