Johnsons Refrigerator Tempurature controls has been recieved and installed on the Lagering Fridge! Woot Woot!

And at present the fridge is at a balmy 55 degrees F. and holding steady. Perfect Lagering temps. and It has made it so much easier for me now that I do not have to run back and forth to keep turning the fridge on and off.

Next step is to bottle the lagers, and get them conditioned.

Peace Sisters
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Hello all,

Another update on the two experimental meads I have fermenting. I tasted the Chocolate mead, and WOW was it dry! I guess 10lbs of honey is not near enough honey for my sweet tooth. Also the chocolate flavor while there was very week, and not even close to being palitable. So i racked out of the carbouy, into a clean primary fermentor, added 5 more lbs of honey, added a packet of Red-Star Schamagne yeast, and put a lid on it.

So i did the same for the cinnamon mead. You this was also very dry, and had a very strong cinnamon flavor, So I added 5 lbs of honey, tried another sample and it was much sweeter, and very tasty. Added the red-star yeast, and put the lid on it, and put it back.

I will let these re-start fermenting, and let them settle down for a month and give them another try. I will adjust the flavor accordingly. I do plan on adding some chocolate extract to bring out the flavor of the Chocolate mead. But I will wait to see how much more this mead ferments. I may have to add more honey to this one to get it right.

Peace