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I picked up the supplies to make my first mead and I'm having a hard time finding how much nutrient I need per gallon of mead I know that I divide the amount into three feedings but can somebody tell me how much nutrient I need per gallon and I'll figure out how much at each feeding? thanks bunch!

I was shipped a kg container of honey from a friend who has bees in canada. It is white and creamy like a spread and not golden like what I think of as honey. I'm thinking of making a mead with it. Any simple mead ideas? I have made wine from grapes, fruit, and DB and Sp but mead I have no...

So am I the only one with 5 gallon and 3 gallon carboys? Mine are all glass so handling a 6 gallon would be waaaay to much for this gal! Do most people when making kits rack into a 5 gallon and a 1 gallon to top off at subsequent rackings?? I could put in 2 three gallon carboys but I don't...

Just started my 1st box wine and have made several batches of wine from scratch over the last 6 months. The directions tell me not to stir and let sit for 5-7 days. Today is day two and it has a nice cap on it and I am inclined to give it a stir. Can anyone tell me why it is not recommended...

So i have been making wine from fruit and grapes for about 6 months. While I wait for those to be ready I've been making DB and SP. I just purchased a few kits to get more wine in the "to enjoy down the road" pipeline. So DH says to me today that he could make a subbasement area a dedicated...

I am racking for the 2nd time some Concord Grape and Rose Hips wines today. They were first racked in late October and I added the appropriate amount per gallon of K-meta. Now I am racking again and getting rid of the sediment at the bottom of the carboys - do I add K-meta again? I think I...

I made a batch of wine in September from Concord grapes before I purchased a hydrometer. The 1st SG I took (several days after I pitched my yeast) was 1.120. After 2 wks it was down to 1.078 and I put it in the secondary with only K-meta. It is 3.5 months later and I am racking today (should...

Anybody ever make a tea skeeter pee? Thinking i will brew tea and replace the water in the pee recipe with tea. Thoughts on this. Anybody try something similar? How did it come out? Tips?

My question is when making skeeter pee or dragonblood is there any drawback to keep using the slurry from one batch to start the next? Does it get any off taste? I am so impressed at the ability of the yeast slurry to take off again in the next batch! The colony must grow and grow? I started...

Checked to see if my DB was clear and low and behold this glass was too pretty to put back in the carboy!! 1 teaspoon of sugar and a toast to my new helpful friends!! Cheers!!

After my Dragon Blood clears (just about there!) I will rack again then back sweeten (wait a week to ensure it doesn't start fermenting again) do I bottle from that carboy or do I have to rack again? I'm thinking once the wine is back sweetened and I wait a week that I will be bottling direct...

Making DBSP with 4 fruit blend and heard that raisons will increase tannin/mouth feel. I added a 1lb box of dark raisons in a fruit bag and am wondering in a 5 gallon batch if they raise SG much? The starting SG is 1.074 and I'm hoping it will raise to 1.080 or so. Thoughts?

Not quite sure how to adjust SG in a recipe that says 22 - 23 brix. Is this = to 1.070- 1.080 SG?

My first batch of pee had a big accident today! I must have not centered the towel on the bucket after stirring this morning. The towel was submerged in the pee on one side of the bucket. It is still tonight fermenting well SG at 1.030 and lightly foaming. Do you think this towel mishap will...

Sooo gross! I have 8-9 secondary's all with air locks and one container I looked at closer and it was full of fruit flies! Not a single one in any of the others - what gives??

My apple wine that is 100% apple was racked two days ago after fermenting dry .996 when it was first racked the fluid layer was at the top and only a few inches. Today some of the sludge is floating and the fluid layer is lower. The carboy has not been touched. Is this normal?

I racked from primary to secondary 4 days ago - apple on left and concord on right - should I rack it off all the sediment now or give it a week or longer?

I am wondering what to top off carboy with? My smallest container is a gallon and it has several inches of space in it. This is concord wine and am wondering if I have straight juice without added sugar can I use that? I have not put campden in or Sorbate and just did my first racking...

I am making two buckets of apple wine and have 50 lbs of apples between the two. One bucket I didn't freeze the apples long enough so even though the bucket is nearly fermented the apples are not super soft and I think could be used again in with cider. Is it ok once these batches are done to...

Starting my first batch of Apple wine. 24 lbs apples cut and frozen then defrosted added 1 gallon cider 1 gallon water 2 campden tabs then waited pectin enzyme 24 hrs later (today) I adjusted SG up to 1.080 and checked PH it is 3.7. Is this ok or do I need to adjust? I'm ready to pitch yeast...