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My blueberry mead, Bilbomel Baggins, was pitched 5/10 and racked to secondary today (6/2). OG: 1.090 FG: 1.000. I put 1/2 tsp of peptic enzyme in primary per the directions of the bottle. I added Potassium Sorbate so fermentation doesn’t restart before I backsweeten with a touch more of honey...

47F1E784-B3BE-4037-AE14-5CA8EDBB01AC by BilbomelBaggins posted May 20, 2019 at 3:45 PM Is it just yeast? This was racked into this 1-gal carboy about a week ago. My first batch so wasn’t sure if this is normal. Full disclosure: as it is my first batch, I misunderstood the use of campden...

Anyone have a suggestion for a wine thief that will fit into the neck of a standard 1-gal carboy? Just bought one and it doesn’t fit.

I made my first batch a week ago. Everything seemed to go fine, except I think I got confused on what to put down as my OG. I took a sample before I pitched yeast and used my hydrometer. I was definitely confused on what number I was reading and I put down “90” which was the only number I was...

Hello everyone. Excited to start learning. It took me 3 tries and 2 email accounts before I was allowed to register, but hey better late than never! I have a one gallon batch going so I’ll be posting some “help me” posts after searching the archives for things that have been asked a million...