Books for Brewers: Basic List of Books of Modern How-To on Beer and Mead
This is my collection of books of modern how-to on beer and mead – all the books I currently have in my library plus a few. There are even a [..]
Category: Stuck Fermentation
Thoughts on Gravity and pH
Specific gravity, that magic number that allows us to easily figure how alcoholic our brews are, or are likely to be; how sweet they may be, and something about their [..]
Mead fermentation
Recently a new brewer talked to me about fermentation time. He thought his mead should be finished much more quickly than it was. When competition judges tasted his mead, the universal [..]
A thought on mead nutrients
Honey contains small amounts of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, as well as anti-oxidants, but not enough to make sufficient nutrition for your yeast. If there is lag time in getting yeast activity [..]
Stuck fermentation
Yeast: there was a a cry for help on a brewing forum, asking why his fermentation had stopped sooner than he thought it ought to have. It comes down to [..]