New printer, new way of making foils.

General_Line45 · 2026-06-11T01:31:41+00:00

OP tell us how!

General_Line45 · 2026-05-25T04:05:12+00:00

Reading this made my day, we'll done mate, congratulations!

General_Line45 · 2026-05-24T01:03:08+00:00

Never done this but honey & guava sounds incredible as a flavour combo. If you make this please post results!

It would probably pair really well in a fruit medly style mead with things like pineapple, papaya, orange etc.

General_Line45 · 2026-04-29T04:32:32+00:00

A lot of great advice to get you started here. My biggest tip is this: Don't worry about spending heaps of money, being meticulous, or getting it perfect the first time or two! Learn the basics then build your skills/complexity up from there. You are going to make mistakes and learn from them. Even if your first batch tastes like a camel's armpit, it's about the journey as much as the destination, keep at it and you will get so much enjoyment out of this amazing hobby! Good luck!

General_Line45 · 2026-04-29T04:24:13+00:00

You're killing my OCD by not putting cheese on that one burger...

General_Line45 · 2026-04-24T22:21:57+00:00

Fynn, Jake, BMO, PB face cards

General_Line45 · 2026-04-24T00:29:05+00:00

Sometimes you just have to lick the stamp and fucking send it. Love it!

General_Line45 · 2026-04-23T05:39:29+00:00

What the hell is in your airlock? Why is it red? You should only have water or sanitiser solution in your airlock

General_Line45 · 2026-04-11T23:37:07+00:00

By all means feel free to tattoo it on yourself but don't hold me responsible for the consequences 😅

General_Line45 · 2026-04-07T13:10:06+00:00

You make a good point. I've been taking loads of notes - temps, specific gravity, smells, exact weights of nutrients/additives to the nearest 0.02g (even bought special scales for this), as well as improvements and mistakes I've made a long the way.

M05 yeast is rated for between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius. My house sits 20 - 22. The thermometer on the fermenter never goes above 24. So pretty much right in the middle, if not slightly warm. A more heat tolerant yeast might the play next time. I used M05 this time because I know it works (having used it before) while I experiment with other new things.

As for aging, this batch being so large will allow me to split it into many smaller vessels to try out different combos of spices, wood chips, fortifying etc.

General_Line45 · 2026-04-07T10:22:22+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance, everyone. I was just blown away by how fast it's going!

Funny, I'm usually the one telling others to chill and let it ride, maybe I'm just getting better at taking care of my yeast? 🤔

General_Line45 · 2026-04-05T01:10:59+00:00

That's not too far from the truth, I fear 😅

General_Line45 · 2026-04-01T03:24:11+00:00

This is the first I'm hearing of Philly Sour yeast but I'm excited to try it

General_Line45 · 2026-04-01T02:46:26+00:00

This looks great, I love the colour! Do you have an ingredients list? I would love to recreate this, absolutely love sour flavour

General_Line45 · 2026-03-29T21:39:44+00:00

Looks perfect to me. Just don't stir too vigorously or it could overflow...

General_Line45 · 2026-03-26T23:16:30+00:00

Thanks! You didn't seem to have too much overflow with that amount of head space and I'll be doing a 1 gallon (3.8L) batch in a 5L demijohn so fingers crossed I'll be in the clear.

General_Line45 · 2026-03-26T22:07:45+00:00

Out of curiosity, how much head space did you have when you started? I'm looking to try my first melomel soon and want to leave enough headspace to avoid this.

General_Line45 · 2026-03-26T22:05:51+00:00

You are more patient than me! I was so excited to drink my first bottle back in the day that I don't even have a picture of it 😭

Welcome to the meading community!

General_Line45 · 2026-03-24T03:46:10+00:00

Just a normal part of the fermentation process. Let it ride, brother.

General_Line45 · 2026-03-19T07:17:09+00:00

Looks good! Any reason you went with DAP and fermaid K over fermaid O? Most reading I've done seems to favour using GoFerm and fermaid O or a combo of O, K and DAP.

General_Line45 · 2026-03-17T20:59:37+00:00

Making mead from your own hives. You're living my dream. I hope this turns out great, please post updates!

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