Ok just a little update.
I got this going last Wed. I ended up doing a 5 gallon batch with 16.5lbs of honey. OG was 1.122. It smelled fantastic.
So now I have to think about my schedule for racking and such. I think I'll go with this schedule:
Primary- 1 month or until fermentation is done (if longer then a month)
Secondary with blueberries and vanilla beans in 6 gallon carboy- 3 months?
Rack again (can't think of the name of this stage) to bulk age in 5 gallon carboy- 6 months?
Then bottle
Should I make my secondary a longer or shorter period? I want to extract as much flavor as I can from the blueberries and vanilla beans. Is there any disadvantage to leaving them in past the point of flavor extraction?
Also is there a problem with leaving the mead on the yeast for a month, or do I need to rack it off as soon as fermentation is complete?
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