Recent content by ccabman

From what I have gathered; as long as you pay attention to your sterilization there is no need to heat the honey.

This sounds amazing. I am most definitely going to add this to my todo list. Thanks for the info.

Looks like I will have to do some testing of my own. I was really just asking if anyone on here has already done it. I am planning on making a 6 gallon batch of mead every two weeks or so and then bulk aging for nine months to a year. I am going to store the better bottles in a room that has...

thanks for the info. I am thoroughly convinced to store my better bottles upright :)

I would use the plastic cap that is made for the better bottles. I wanted to be able to stack them using something like this. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VFCN18/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I was thinking about bulk aging mead in better bottles. I was wondering if they can be stored on their side in a rack for instance long term? Any thoughts or comments would be appreciate.

Waste of water and CO 2 in my opinion. It is not that difficult to force carbonate Beer. It is always better to carbonate naturally using priming sugar.

Thanks for the link. I too have too much time to surf the web and buy stuff. I can't wait to get home and start brewing. I'm also very interested in mead.

I travel all over the country. Almost done!!

Im most definitely going to do this when I get home. Thanks for all the info and pictures.

Yes I am currently living in Germany. I'm going to start off with extract brewing. I want to see what is available locally in Germany before I order a lot of big expensive equipment.

Hello I am new to the forum. I'm currently deployed in Afghanistan. I have not brewed a day in my life but I will when I get home. My buddy back in Germany got me a book on home brewing. I have probably read through the whole thing twice so far. I have also purchased all the necessary...