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That's cool about the lemonade powder, I didn't know that citric acid was the main active ingredient in PA+. Also, great point about the number and concentration of spores. I didn't even think about that. The iodine probably would have trouble killing all the yeast considering how much there is...

As I said in my original post, I am NOT PLANNING ANYTHING. In my original post, at the very start, I said, "I am asking this question purely out of curiosity and am just wondering if anyone has tried this... I'm not asking the question because I think it would be a better alternative, I'm just...

I don’t always do bottle conditioning… I know this “Fermentation and Yeast” forum is within the “Home Brewing Beer” forum on this site, but I posted here only because it is the forum for the questions about yeast and not because I’m actually that much of a beer brewer. I actually do more ciders...

Thanks for the reply, but I don’t think you read my full post. I was talking about the chlorine dioxide tablets because they inspired the idea, but in my post I said I was actually asking about the iodine tablets from the same company.

NOTE: I am asking this question purely out of curiosity and am just wondering if anyone has tried this. I know metabisulfite and sorbates are the common go-to stabilizers/preservatives for halting a fermentation, and are both easy to find and cheap. I'm not asking the question below because I...

I see it says you joined today! Welcome!! Yeah, I always write in a ton of detail. It's my OCD, it won't let me write anything lacking in details haha. I'm glad it helps! I've thought about using Nottingham as well. I have both Nottingham and S-04 from when I first started brewing back in...

Going back to the way I used to use this thread (as a repository for my Skeeter Pee recipes), I wanted to share my most recent one. Skeeter Peech Used 1 Gallon of Full Circle Market Organic Lemonade Removed 13oz of Lemonade so I could add 13oz of the Monin White Peach syrup (so the syrup, at...

ADY stands for Active Dry Yeast. The extra "D" on the front of the stuff you have stands for "Distiller's" (I don't know if you already know what DADY is, but I figured I'd explain it anyway). Distiller's Active Dry Yeast (DADY) is designed to produce as much alcohol as possible in a high sugar...

Yep, I'm using Organic lemonade without preservatives, so I guess that would be the difference with mine is that it doesn't have the preservatives found in store bought lemon juice.

In your last post you said "as of yet all I am making is apple cider"... so are you new to this? If so, welcome to the community!! I'm less than a year into it myself, having started back in September. I've only ever used recycled yeast once... I used yeast from a cider to make mead (and it was...

The prefab organic lemonade with no preservatives/stabilizers makes it more consistent from batch to batch... Idk about "easier" though. I'm not sure you could make Skeeter Pee easier. It's just about the easiest thing I've ever made and since I originally started this thread 3-1/2 months ago...

In my Previous Post I mentioned that I was going to attempt a Prickly Pear Lemonade... here's the Recipe and Result: LemOpuntia (I named it "LemOpuntia", Opuntia being the Latin name of the Prickly Pear plant) Used 1 Gallon of Full Circle Market Organic Lemonade Removed 13oz of Lemonade so I...

Here's an update based on some readings I took at the 30-Day mark (a couple of days ago): Regular Mead (Control): At the 30 Day mark I sat down to measure the rate of bubbling in the airlock (I know bubbling is not always a super reliable way to track fermentation, but I use it to give myself...

LOL, if you have your own kids I suppose that's true; I don't though. The only children I am frequently around are my students, but I don't think my Principal would appreciate me bringing a bunch of beer bottles to class and forcing the students to scrub/peel them for a grade 😆

I tried the Oxiclean Free and put 1 full scoop (up to the #4 line on the scoop) dissolved in 5 gallons of warm water. On the beer bottles it worked like a charm!! I had a small bit of trouble with some Saranac bottles whose labels didn't come all the way off and left some residue when I tried to...

Here's a quick little update based on some readings I took yesterday: Regular (Control): At a week and a half (Day 11) I measured it and it read 1.066, significantly lower than I was expecting it to be after this short amount of time (I was expecting it to be maybe 15 to 20 points lower than...

I'm not a huge SA fan, but knowing what you just told me I might just have to do some work on a few SA 12 packs over the next couple of weekends.

Thanks for the different tips... I think I'll eventually make my own labels one day, but right now I'm just trying to get all the bottles clean so they all look the same and uniform (as opposed to inviting friends to try my new brew and then bringing out a bunch of mismatched bottles with a...

Cool, thanks for the tips guys. I’ll probably try the hot soak in water alone and see if I can make it work, but will definitely invest in some Oxyfree or PBW if the water fails to live up to my expectations on its own.

I am a bit of a noob here, so I gotta ask, what’s PBW?