Recent content by LittleHippieMama

Thanks! I will let you know. I still have this all in secondary, so it will be a while before it is ready to sip...

I posted this in the photo thread, but it got buried pretty quickly, and I realized it would make more sense posted here. Sorry if you have seen this twice. Just racked off of Primary into individual gallons. Left to right: Elderberry (dried berries with a stick of cinnamon) Orange Raisin Spice...

Just racked off Primary into individual gallons. Left to right: Elderberry (dried berries with a stick of cinnamon) Orange Raisin Spice (3 oranges w/pith removed, cloves, sweet cinnamon and cassia cinnamon and raisins) Ginger and Lemon (2 lemons pith removed, palm size hand of ginger) Chai Tea...

Mead Day +5 The bubbling in the air lock had slowed down quite a bit today. I open up the bucket and took a gravity, it is at 1.000. I could hear it fizzing still so it is still working. I stirred it with my stick blender a bit, added a teaspoon of nutrient, stirred with a paddle some, then...

It began bubbling merrily through the airlock this evening, so all is well.

It is still not bubbling after about 18 hours, so I pried the top off of the bucket this morning. It smelled divine, all yeasty and sweet, almost like a fresh baked loaf of raisin bread. I added energizer and nutrient, which started to fizz and foam on contact. I hit it with my stick blender to...

I did not add any nutrient, I was hoping the raisins and tea would suffice, but I have an energizer and a nutrient, they have pretty similar ingredients but one has urea added. I can add some in.

:fro: 1 gallon raw local honey from my CSA, I think it is mostly clover but not specified 4 gallons spring water 9 tea bags, just basic black cup of raisins pack of Lalvin KI-V 1116 yeast I brought 1 gallon water to a boil and threw in the tea and raisins, let it come back to a boil...

Wonderful! That is what I suspected, glad to have it confirmed.

Hello, I am new here. I have helped my husband brew a few times, a stout, a porter, a wheat beer. I want to do a mead for myself. I have a gallon of local artisan honey ($$$) coming this weekend, and I have yeast and nutrient and accelerator on order, as well as new basic equipment. I intend to...