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Bookmark or Share- Adding hops to mead - Homebrew TalkA blow off tube may speak more to your high hopes than to reality. We are talking more about a mouse here, not an elephant. What I typically do is to encourage the cells to bud (reproduce) by providing a natural starter and so aim for a starting gravity of about 1.040 and when that has fermented dry use this batch as my starter for a second ...
- Using American Oak Chips - Amounts and TechniquesI am currently fermenting a version of the all-grain Pirate Strong Ale that I found a recipe for here on HBT. I have 4 oz of French oak chips soaking in Myers dark rum as prescribed and I have high hopes for the oak characteristic being a plus for this big, dark, beer full of vanilla, cinnamon, pineapple and rum flavors.
- Spike Solo Owner's Thread - Homebrew TalkWent pretty well and I have high hopes for the future once I get things arranged. I did have a problem where the level mash wasn't draining as fast as the recirculated wort was coming back into the top. Did the same stirring as mentioned by @RichardU above. Also turned down the pump to a very small amount - what felt like less than I've seen ...
- Backsweeten cider with honey - process? - Homebrew TalkI have a 5 gallon keg of tart cherry cider in the keezer. I had high hopes for it but when racking to keg added 1 lb of warmed honey (microwave) and a quart of tart cherry juice then racked the cold cider on top of it and the honey immediately clogged the dip tube. I unclogged that but what's pouring from that keg now is horribly sweet.
- Is fermenting too warm really that bad? - Homebrew TalkAfter that,temps aren't quite as critical. And giving the beer another 3-7 days after FG is reached gives the yeast time to clean up some off flavors from the high temps. These compounds are produced normally. But it's the high temps that raise their levels high enough to where they become off flavors. The yeasties feed on these when all the ...
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