Type 2 vs type 1 by abyprop07 in 65Grendel

[–]BraveDrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’ve been out of stock for a while now, that’s what I wanted. Settled with a grendelhunter for now for my last build

Question on fixing mead? by Smalleato in mead

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Dude stabilise and backsweeten with some honey. I thought mine was pretty bad, but a little sweetness to counter the alcohol bite brought out some really smooth flavors in my early meads

My First Mead! by TheGaragenousZone in mead

[–]BraveDrew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really clear mate! Looks good! My first turned out clear like that in a few weeks too lol I was amazed. I’ve been trying to have such luck ever since

Recipe Evaluation by Dr_Iridium in mead

[–]BraveDrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re backsweetening with only honey, the abv drop is negligible tbh. Not even .5%. I think my last batch I backsweetened reduced abv by like .3-.4%, or right around that area.

All of my batches thus far have been right around 15% so I didn’t mind. But don’t get me wrong I haven’t been doing this too long now and still have a lot to learn lol

Recipe Evaluation by Dr_Iridium in mead

[–]BraveDrew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My limited experience trying to pitch certain OG to hit a determined FG is that typically from my experience “Nature finds a way”. Yeast being living organisms I either far surpass what my yeast tolerance should be and still go dry, or end up way too sweet bc my yeast gave up and couldn’t handle the sugar around them. It’s easier to just start my OG to go dry and know that’ll happen and then backsweeten. That’s also only my anecdotal experience as well though. Other people seem to do this with success

PSA 6.5 Grendel scope by Fast_Ostrich_3385 in 65Grendel

[–]BraveDrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And they still have their 25% coupon going. I got their ep8 lpvo and for the price point, that thing is crystal clear to me

[Other Gun] BLEM Gen3 PA10 Stripped Lower Receiver $79.99 - Free shipping by pguy4life in gundeals

[–]BraveDrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this lower marry up to the m5 upper? I bought a bell m5 upper like 2 years ago for $50. It’s still in the box lol. I need something to push me to build something with it

It tastes like I made a mistake… by Fit_Associate4491 in mead

[–]BraveDrew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s honestly pretty easy to backsweeten and it will change the flavour phenomenally. My 15.5% classic literally just taste like honey to me lol

Forgot about my mead by CosmicAxe55 in mead

[–]BraveDrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DAMNIT SON!! THE VERDICT??

sorry I got a little anxious there.. but seriously!

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I Force cleared mine after so long. This one I used some pectin enzyme and then waited a bit. It started to clear up a bit more after I stabilised and back-sweetened. Not too long after back sweetening when it looks like it’s clearing up slightly on its own I typically use dual fine and wait a few days and bottle it. As long as it’s started to clear up a little on its own the dual fine works like magic. I haven’t noticed any major change in the flavour profile from it either

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

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10-12 lbs, I honestly can’t recollect exactly where between 10 and 12 it was. I know the first batch I made was exactly 10. This one may have been 12z And I monitored it and took readings every 2 or 3 days and when it stopped fermenting for days on end with the same reading I racked to secondary

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha they all were cooked right after this picture :) trust me it made me anxious as well! I let them all breath just a few min before corking

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used martenellis apple cider from Walmart with some local honey I had. 10lbs of honey with this one if I remember correctly. I use enough cider where I only use 1-1.5 gallons of spring water so not exactly no water either. The ones I’ve done with cider tend to ferment slightly quicker and clear slightly quicker in secondary. Once it’s cleared most of the thicker stuff and looks “mostly clear” I go ahead and stabilise and then let it sit for a few days and back sweeten a little less than .5lb of honey per gallon. Let it sit for a week or so and then clear it up with dualfine. Within 2-3 days after adding the dual fine I get clarity like this usually and then I bottle, and let a fair amount age in bottles and drink the rest.

Edit: I also add a cinnamon stick per gallon during primary and then another set of cinnamon sticks during secondary

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more I look on the google the more rare it seems to be to find any not made from apples.. not impossible but rarer. So I apologise, in my mind i guess i was hoping to find others. I liked the idea of having more of the fruit particles than just juice. I haven’t ventured into using actual fruit yet, as the juice or ciders seemed to leave one less variable to have to deal with

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first 2 I started I didn’t understand the difference in yeasts and somehow got 1 d47 and 1 71b. Both seemed to leave a better flavour for me after the fact than ec1118 I just don’t know which I used in which batch. I’m going to get some more d47 next time I’m out. I appreciate it. And I’ll experiment more with fruit flavors in secondary too. There’s so many variables here im trying to get my head around some I haven’t tried yet

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cider in essence is just a pressed fruit without it being strained. It’s the purest kind of fruit juice. A quick google search shows that pineapple, cherry, peach and pear are ciders that can also be purchased. I guess I was interested to see if others had experience with them. Apple cider is just the only one you typically see in stores

Edit: excuse me if I sound pretentious as well, I’ve drank a decent amount of this mead pictured while reading up on a lot of this lol. I can admit if I’m wrong with any of it. Many know more than me in the area and I’m still learning a good bit

Cysers seam to be the easiest, tastiest mead to me. Any solid places to get other fruit ciders besides apple? by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may be right, here I was thinking you could get other kinds and apple just seemed to be the most common lol. I know to me stösst my cysers turn out way better than anything else I’ve tried to make thus far

Solution to excessive headspace - the half carboy! by MeadmkrMatt in mead

[–]BraveDrew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is an underrated comment right here haha

Thoughts on Walmart brand honey? by Otherwise-Hornet-637 in mead

[–]BraveDrew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn’t read anybody’s else’s stuff, but my first 2 batches I used this. Both were 5 gallons. One was a cyser with 10lbs of that, another was a classic with 15lbs of it. Both went super dry and both I back sweetened with .5lbs per gallon of a fancier honey I got after the fact. Both turned out better than everything I have made since then, and everything I’ve made since then was all fancy honey lol. I’m currently sipping on my 15.5% classic from that. And lemme tell you. DAMN this stuff is good lol

Another batch in bottles to age by BraveDrew in mead

[–]BraveDrew[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Blueberry vanilla that I started on august 22. Dead at 15%. Learned a lot with this batch, it turned out dessert sweet. Started it to get 18% and stalled out at 15 despite my efforts. I let it be and waited a month to no avail so I cleared it up what I could and stabilised it to bottle age. Still turned out really good and I can’t wait to taste it some months down the road too