1. Staggered Nutrient additions
2. degas the CO2 the first week of primary
3. use THE one right yeast (see the NHC sticky...I think its D-47 tho)
4. keep pH from dipping too low in primary
You can very feasibly have a medal winning mead in just 6 weeks. Many of the NHC winners proved it.
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Malkore
Primary: English Mild
On tap: Pale Ale, Lancelot's Wheat, English Brown Ale, Steam Beer, HoovNuts IPA
Bottled: MOAM, Braggot, Raspberry Melomel, Merlot, Apfelwein, Pyment, Sweet mead, Cabernet
Gal in 2009: 27, Gal in 2010: 34, Gal in 2011: 13, Gal in 2012: 10
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