Im getting everything ready to start this mead thanksgiving day for next years holiday. Just one question if anyone could help. in the final racking before bulk aging should i just pour the remaining pound of honey in the carboy with the chemicals and rack the mead right into it and hope it...
Wow its been awhile since i started this thread. I bottled my pee yesterday and much like danger dave i was dissapointed with the initial sampling ...... seemed harsh and rather acidic even after backsweetning . The wife and i opened a bottle tonight while bbq'ing just to see if letting the wine...
Well i racked the pee again to get it off the 1 inch of sediment in the carboy and i of course pulled a sample :) It is very dry as it sits now but i added a tablespoon of sugar into approx 1/2 cup pee and it tastes great. The berry flavor is still hiding a bit and im hoping with age that will...
That first batch did turn out a very nice color.......mine looks like it will be similar when it clears(i hope) . i think my next round of fruit wine i may try and filter the sediment out in the first racking and see how that goes. I'm tryin to muddle my way through all this. Hey the funs only...
Thanks for the advice danger.The next batch i make i will set aside some extra for racking. Do you have any experience with splash racking at all or any suggestions on filtering the sediment in the first racking? I ended up with a LOT of sediment in my secondary and i am watching some pile up...
Racked my first pee into a second Carboy tonight and i think i have a problem. The sediment was extremely high so i lost about 1/2 gal in the racking process. Is this to much headspace in the new carboy? Please advise:a1
Sorry Deb by bottom i meant the lowest numerically . I just took another reading to double check and got 0.992 approx. any advice on how soon it has to come out of this bottle? Can i wait till saturday?
Wow.....I was basing my lbs. off recipes on ECKraus website ....... suggests 18lbs strawberries and 15 lbs pineapple for 5 gallon batches respectively so i took a stab at 12lbs fruit for 3gals . will i be able to correct the lack of fruit flavor by backsweetening say with a concentrate in the end?
I pulled a sample from the carboy and put it in a tube and checked the hydrometer and it read dry (bottom of the scale). I still get a bubble every minute or two and i was worried that the ferment had gotten to cool and stopped working so i took the reading b4 moving to a warmer location because...
really? 12.5lbs total...... what would you have recommended for 3 gals in this style/flavor? I assumed that the citrus fruits would have a strong flavor in the finished product......is this a poor assumption? :<
Just checked the sg as the bubbles have almost stopped and i was worried something had gone wrong ...... but it appears that the pee has fermented dry. today is wednesday is it safe to leave this carboy as is till saturday and then rack it for the second time? there is a lot of sediment in the...
I am not one to sit on the edge of the pool and dip my toes in the water. Rather i like to dive in head first and learn what i can the hard way. That being said I just racked my first batch of C3Pee0 (Thanks Danger) into the secondary. I looked down into my primary and thought to myself "there...
SG was down to 1.030 this mornin so I added the rest of the lemon juice along with my energizer and nutrient and stirred it all up real good. I'll take another reading when I get home and get the carbot ready! :) :pee
Snap crackle pop we're fermenting away now :br SG fell from 1.060 down to 1.050 during the day ....... gonna wait till 1.035 and toss the rest of the nutrient/energizer and the other bottle of lemon juice. Very excited.
Woke up this morning to a little activity. Must bag needed to be punched back down and I had a little bit of bubbling goin on so maybe I am just starting slow? Should I wait it out and let the fermentation take place at its own pace or should I be helping it along some? Any advice would be...
