Recent content by lilith

I wanted to make ginger mead, and have been searching for recipes. Now, recipes I find tell me to soak sliced or chopped ginger in water and heat it to get ginger juice, mix it with honey, and so on but I have 4-5 jars of ginger honey, which is simply sliced ginger dipped in pure honey (I...

Thank you, I thought adding water did not sound right. I will see if I can find a smaller carboy.

What kind of wine juice - white riesling how much did you have - about 4/5 of a 5-gallon carboy is it grape juice - yes was it a kit - no what kind of kit - not a kit did you have direction with juice - no, just a book called "getting started in winemaking - basics for beginners" by JE...

Not enough juice I bought some wine juice and put in a 5 gallon carboy after primary fermentation, but the carboy is only about 4/5 or so full. I asked the winemaker and was suggested that I add water to the juice to fill the carboy to the top, but I fear that adding 20% water would make the...