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I am going to make a 5 gallon batch of hard lemonade. It is basically lemon juice, sugar and water. The starting brix will be about 11. Yeast is two 5g packages of D47 rehydrated with go-ferm. I plan to use fermaid k pre fermentation and fermaid o about 2/3 of the way through a...

I made a batch of Texas Twang. It is mead with Jalapeños and Cucumber. Primary fermentation was done so I racked the mead on top of fresh cucumber and Jalapeños, let it sit a week then filtered it through a 1 micron filter. It has a haze that does not appear to be going away. Could it be a...

I recently got an all in one wine pump and love it. I took a the recommendation and got the cartridge filter as recommended. I used it two weeks ago on a batch of mead with a 1 micron filter. After filtering I bottled the mead. It looks nice and clear but I am getting a dusting of sediment...

I just started a batch of mead with just honey and water and the pH is 5.3. Should I add some acid to bring it down a little?

Right now I am making 2 gallon batches of mead. I am new to mead making and do not want to make bigger batches until I figure out what I like and get used to the process. I am told to use 1 gram of yeast per gallon of must. The yeast comes in 5g packages. Should I just use a whole...

I have been reading a lot about nutrient additions to mead but there is so much information that I am overwhelmed. Anyone want to share what they would do for a batch of a 1.10 gravity mead made with just honey and water? How much of what per gallon and when.

The local grocery store has fresh strawberries on sale so I am thinking of doing an experiment batch of wine by juicing the berries. I took one pound of strawberries and ran them through a juicer and got 1 cup of juice and 1/2 cup foam on top. I tested the juice and got 1.035 sg and 3.42...

I just stabilized my strawberry wine and sweetened it with an f-pack I made from the juice prior to fermentation. The aroma is real good. The flavor is tart and acidic initially but the after taste is real nice. The PH is 3.3. I don't want to make this a real sweet wine. Is there a way to...

Should I do a malolactic fermentation on my strawberry wine?