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What was the generation of the yeast that ran to 19%? I may be getting a bulk batch of honey and figure I may as well reuse the yeast cake but 19% may be a bit too high. Don't want to train the yeast too much to be too tolerant

Do you wash or just re-use lees, or a combination of? I assume if you are storing it for 2mo you are washing it to store?

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I thought this was gonna clear fast?! I dunno what kinda of honey I got from the brew store, but I did the BOMM on it and it's still dark and cloudy, 3 months later. I did rerack a few weeks ago, and it's still not clearing. Interestingly enough I took the bottom of the first rack, bottled...

freezing is bad for a cold crash?

I like mead. I like lamb. Makes me feel like a Viking. I don't like beer and have given up on that. I've noticed lately I can't drink much mead before dozing on the couch. Oh well. It will last I guess!

I have a one month old BOMM. I carried it outside a few days ago to cool it off and hopefully cold crash it to clear it a bit faster. It's rather dark/cloudy apparently when I brought it in i must have spilled water out of the airlock and didn't notice for a couple days. Is it toast? should I...

should be called BOMM and messy.

I've used gypsum before cause a buddy used it and it's in some other recipes. I managed to get to 10 % abv I think. It's quite sour but I also added citric acid before I tasted. Still learning. It's not the end of the world. Back sweetening can help too.

+5 with white labs yeast +5 with white labs yeast +5 w/bomm

"Add 3/4 tsp potassium carbonate." This is only at must creation? not at the sugar breaks? would you add more if you re-used the lees?

Thanks for the clarification. I found where you posted in other spots with the TBSP notation and then one post where you said TSPs may work also since you have since reduced the amount of nutrients so I was totally befuddled. Pitched starter last night. We'll see what happens! Not sure what kid...

Is first post a typo then?

Not sure I follow. 1.Hit 1.000 2. Add honey until yeast caps out(wouldn't this increase the gravity and then drop it as sugar is used up?) 3. yeast finally stalls 4. add more honey to get desired sweetness Are you saying ditch the hydro at that point and just calculate the ABV from...