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I just brewed up a Root Beer Beer using heavy lactose as a sweetener. My OG came out a bit higher than expected so I'm curious to see where it'll end up. Recipe and details can be found on my blog. Root Beer Beer Amount Item 7.00 lb Pilsner Liquid Extract (3.5 SRM) 1.00 lb...

I have a batch of Cider that I bottled 10 days ago. Popped the first bottle last night. 5 gallons Musselman Cider 5 Lbs Honey Nottingham yeast Started out at 1.070 and ended up at 1.002 It spent about 4 weeks in the primary and straight into bottles. (my secondary has mead in it)...

My 4 month old mead has gone just about totally dry. OG of 1.120 and now it's at about 1.002. I was going for a sweet mead but had to pitch some additional yeasts when fermentation got stuck. So I'm looking at close to 16% ABV right now. If I want to sweeten it up should I: 1) Throw in...

I've got a batch of mead going right now in the primary. It started off at 1.120 OG and I pitched Wyeast Sweet Mead into it a couple of weeks ago. My issue is that I will be going out of town for about 4 weeks in a few days. So I have the option of leaving it in the primary for 17 days before...

So I started a batch of mead on saturday with Wyeast Sweet Mead. It's been 72 hours with no visible activity in the airlock. So I took another hydrometer reading. It started at 1.120 and is down to 1.110. I know the Wyeast is supposed to be slow but at this rate it'll take 30 days to get...