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    Apples in seconday, massive sediment overnight.....

    Hi guys. I started a Mead with 20 gallons of honey in a full 6 gallon carbon. It fermented down to 1.000 in about a month. It appears to be finished so I racked onto 2lbs of sliced up apples and 14 cinnamon sticks and topped it full. The yeast cake was about an inch deep in primary and mead...
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    How ridiculous is this?

    I have some ingredients getting old so I am brewing this in the morning. To let you know ahead of time........I like HOT beers! 3 lbs breiss cherry wood 1 lb C120L 10 lbs 2-row WLP 380 hefe yeast pitched at 60 and fermented in the mid sixties 1 oz chinook at 60 1 oz chinook at 5...
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    Racked 3 gallons today....questions!

    Hey guys/gals. I racked a 3 gallon batch with 2.5 lbs in about 2.5 gallons of water,{saved room for apples} O.G. 1.092 So it had pretty much cleared, so I went and bought another 3 gallon carboy and racked it onto a bed of 8 diced organic apples, two cinnamon sticks and two cloves...
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    Grolsch bottles for long term storage?

    Hey guys I got two hawaii honey meads I made almost a year ago. They were racked once they cleared, and have been sitting in one gallon jugs since.....I guess they are about 11 months old. Both are clear, but have a very thin layer of sediment on the bottom, also, I wanna free up the jugs...
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    Add apples DURING or AFTER fermentation?

    Hi guys I just made a 3 gallon batch of mean.......used about 8 lbs in 2.5 gallons and 2 tsp of nutrient. s.g. was 1.090 I wanna cube up some organic apples in it. The last time i used apples i put them in after i racked after like 3 months. I got a decent apple flavor, but wondering if...
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    17% ABV mead.....How long to leave on apples/cinnamon??

    Hey guys I just racked my mead into a five gallon carboy and topped it off with sterilzed water. I cut up 4 large apples and tossed in four cinnamon sticks. The mead is at about 17% ABV:tank: and realistically DONE fermenting! I'm guessing the sugars from the apples will not be...
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    Hawaiian Christmas berry, Guava, Lehua honey?

    Hey guys, I was in hawaii a couple weeks ago and brought back a few lbs of pure raw hawaiin honey. Hawaiian christmas berry and Guava along with other native hawaiian wild flowers. Both honeys tasted awesome, very strong and sweet. But not like any honey I have tasted before. I made a...
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    1.126 O.G. down to 1.ooo in 4-5 weeks?

    Hey guys this is my first mead. I used 18 lbs of honey for a five gallon batch. :tank: I can't remember exactly what I pitched, was in a green packet, premier cuvee maybe??, but I know it had a max ABV tolerance of 14% And I did rehydrate it for about 15 minutes. The mead was bubbling...
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    Recipe help.......thanks!

    hey guys, well im new to this forum and fairly new to homebrewing, I am looking to make a big IPA. I went to my local HBS yesterday and was disappointed by his lack of hops for one........ I ended up getting some stuff that should work. Although I have pound of flaked rye I wanna use so this...
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