Recent content by Lamplover

So I made my BOMM 6 days ago and its already at an SG of 1.011 (OG was 1.082), I gave it a taste and it's quite good! No "Hot" tasting alcohols at all, that Wyeast 1388 is pure genius Loveofrose! I tinkered with the nutrient additions because the recipe for 5 gallons seemed high and those...

You guys should take a look at this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11pW-dC91OupCYKX-zld73ckg9ximXwxbmpLFOqv6JEk/mobilebasic?pli=1 It would take a lot of the guessing work out of this. The calculator is a great resource too

Im new to staggered nutrients but in my research i have never heard that the nutrient requirements dont scale linearly to the volume of must, although it might scale exponentially for the OG. Im on my phone so in a few days i can read into it a bit more and link a few sources for you to read...

well the original calls for this then he says this and this But you've reassured me and I used a YAN calculator which said the same thing as you. I did use Go-ferm in my starter and it went great, I'm doing the second step now (2L's) because I had the extra honey, Go-ferm and time. I will...

So i ordered all my supplies and I'm making my starter, thanks for your help buzzerj. One problem, i ordered my nutrients according to the first 5 gallon recipe (its in tsp) but i read further and it seems its supposed to be in tbsps? I only have 30gs (about 2.5 tbsps) of fermaid k and 30gs of...

Wow thanks Buzzerj! Do you have any experience making dry fruity meads? I've had mead before and it was too sweet for my tastes, it had 26g/L of residual sugars so that would put it around 1.010 FG. I want it both drier and I want to experiment with adding different fruits. I'm planning to dry...

This will be my first mead so I've got quite a few questions How much Go-Ferm do you add in grams or Tsp? I ordered 10 grams and was thinking I would add 5 grams (~1Tsp) to each step of the starter I make. Would it even be worth it to do a 2 step starter? Should I boil the honey I'm using...