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moridin said:
My jaoms have been left on lees until all the fruit as settled - sometimes this took over 2 months.



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Same here. Don't sweat it. My first JAOM sat on the lees for 8 weeks. I have had BOMMs on the lees for almost the same with no ill effect.

Like the guy that first taught me to brew beer 24 years ago said... Relax and have a homebrew.


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I waited till all the fruit dropped and then racked off to another jug with a panty hose filter on the end of my siphon. That worked well to keep the big stuff out and then racked to jars for storage. What was left in the jugs I filtered thru a coffee filter. Took forever but it's all clear and the last filtered stuff is my drink first jar...

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Once I rack into a secondary carboy or jug, will a generic twist-off cap be sufficient for keeping oxygen out? This is assuming that I have waited as long as possible for all fermentation to be complete before racking.

I was searching online for some 1 gallon jugs and containers and I've found some regular 1 gallon jars for cheap, and they only have generic twist-tops.

I also noticed mannye has some simple screw caps on his batches right before he filtered. I just noticed that the jars are not listed as airtight -- nice that the vendor stated this.
 
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Went ahead and ordered three additional 1 gallon jugs, only about 6 bucks each so I'm happy. I want a five gallon eventually but since I bought a mini-auto siphon and these are my first batches, I think I'll stick with 3 one-gallon batches for now. I imagine that once I rack, I can sanitize the airlocks and stoppers and use those to seal the brews, and I have plugs that can fit in the stoppers as well if I don't think the brews need to decompress.
 
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Been out of town for six days and just got back. One of my one gallon's oranges have almost all dropped! The other two are about the same as when I left, but I have a feeling they will be dropping soon too. I have about a week and a half until my two months are up. At that time, I'll use my hydrometer and compare my gravities with my OG. Pretty excited! Got my new jugs in too so I'll probably sanitize them soon.
 
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One of the best feelings you can have is checking on your jaom and seeing fruit has dropped :)


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Yeah I know haha. I was bugging my wife while I was gone, "Go check on my mead!", like it had done something interesting. This time it had!
 
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Had my first sample tonight. I'm moderately tipsy(before the sample), and the mead is very spicy (I mentioned that I used too much clove on the first batch), but I must say, I'm very happy with it! I will probably drink most of this "spicy" brew and store more of the other two gallons. For a first brew, not bad methinks!
 
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antonichen said:
Had my first sample tonight. I'm moderately tipsy(before the sample), and the mead is very spicy (I mentioned that I used too much clove on the first batch), but I must say, I'm very happy with it! I will probably drink most of this "spicy" brew and store more of the other two gallons. For a first brew, not bad methinks!
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That's the mission of JAOM... now we HAVE you... bwah...ha...hahahahhaa. Now go make a BOMM, follow with a more conventional type, join as a patron AND then feel the power of this FULLY OPERATIONAL DEATH STAR!
 
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That's the mission of JAOM... now we HAVE you... bwah...ha...hahahahhaa. Now go make a BOMM, follow with a more conventional type, join as a patron AND then feel the power of this FULLY OPERATIONAL DEATH STAR!
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Side note here... Is becoming a patron worth it?


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moridin said:
Side note here... Is becoming a patron worth it?


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IMHO it is well worth it for access to the patrons logs alone but I have come to feel that more importantly becoming a patron is an act of showing appreciation and support to the folks that spend their time, effort and yes, money, to create and maintain this site as a resource (and a nice place for a pretty nice group to hang out) for beginners as well as the more experienced.
 
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I'm probably going to rack in 3 days. I was saddened today to find that my mini auto siphon is already cracked, and I haven't even used it! I don't know how it could have happened, I'm guessing that somehow something hit the tube. It's been in no heat.
 
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That sucks big time. I wonder if you could use some tape to seal it up?


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