Recent content by Seolyk

I'm in Austin, TX now. I just moved here about 2.5 weeks ago and I'm not sure how regular it gets down to freezing. If I were still in Knoxville, TN I'd say 'yes, very regularly.' I was happy to find that the carboy that was foaming up is not doing it anymore this morning! I took the...

nope, the first batch was kind of a spur of the moment idea (aside from getting the cider yeast from the homebrew store) and the other two batches were from my roomy's insistance on brewing some with mulling spices. I thought he was just going to get another jug of the juice and he got two half...

Because when we were looking up recipes others put sugar in it

I'll remember that for next time, fortunately the problem will probably be gone by tomorrow.

That would be okay... but in each batch we tried something a little different. The first gallon was unprocessed apple juice (not cider per se) and we just added some turbinado, yeast nutrient, and the yeast. It's our 'control.' The others have mulling spices and honey and one of them is the...

The thing is that if i leave it open tons of foam still comes out and during the night I can't just keep wiping it up and... especially since the area where we're keeping them is carpeted I have to make sure it doesnt go everywhere. Using an airlock at least keeps it at bay for a few hours...

My roomy and I started some cider the other day and two out of the three carboys have bubbled up into the airlocks and foam is coming out the top. I know this happens, but what should I do about it?

Another update on my mead. I've bottled it and my friend and I made a label for it. This happened a few weeks ago and I've been really busy, but here's a few pics. Immediately after bottling: http://twitpic.com/iv0xl With a label: http://twitpic.com/lnxql

I just finished siphoning out some mead to taste its progress and while i did, put the plug and airlock in a k-meta solution. Then I put the plug back on the carboy and proceeded to fit the airlock on it... but the plug slipped down into it. The airlock got pushed into it enough that its...

Sorry I didnt get back about it by now, officially started my new job and kinda forgot about this site for a while. Anyways, it was pretty smal, about twice the size of my apartment, but they fermented the mead in their basement. They use local honey from the Pigeon Forge area and the owner...

Last night I met up with a local homebrew club and found out about the Shady Grove Meadery. It's only 30 min from where I live and from their website it looks like they have some good stuff! I'm gonna swing by there tomorrow with a friend and see what they're stuff is like. Here's their...

welcome! I found this place last week through a search and people here've been really helpful!

mango wine sounds amazing, did it at least turn out alright?

A lot of the bottled water is just tap water nowadays anyway.

let me know how that turns out