Recent content by BlindMike

Recipe idea based upon a mashup of a few recipes I've found online and the GotMead podcast. Ingredients 64oz. (1.9 liters) Pomegranate Juice 100% (SG 1.052 per internet) 2 ½ - ¾ lbs. (27 – 30 fl oz.) Honey Kirkland Unfiltered Wildflower Honey Water – Filtered Kirkland, roughly 36 fl oz. 1...

Thank you all for the help. My first mead has, so far, been a great learning experience. BAck on 2023-04-24 I noticed that the SG had been stuck at 1.030 for 4 days. Re-pitched yeast using the following rehydration method. 1. Mixed 6g. Go-Ferm with 125ml filtered water @ 135F. 2. Allowed...

Broke a hydrometer today....now I know what is inside one. lol Glad I forgot I bought one and purchased a second one. ADHD at its finest. :D End of week 2 we are now at SG 1.040. I kind of expected it to be a little lower than that given it went from OG - 1.086 to 1.046 at the end of week...

I purchased this hydrometer from Amazon.

Day 7 Update. 2023-04-17 19:48 – Degassed w/wand SG – 1.046 Brix – 11.5 Tasting Note: Notes of honey, lightly sweet with slight citrus finish. Very subtle cinnamon and clove. A bit fizzy and yeastie. I was surprised by how subtle the cinnamon and clove flavors were. I think the whole cloves...

After years of toying with the idea of making mead, I've decided, "what the heck, 51 isn't too old to start, right?" So I hopped online and bought a couple pieces of fermenting equipment, carboys, siphon, bottling wand, etc., and thought, Wait!!! I don't know ANYTHING about making mead. I mean...

Greetings from New Jersey. My name is Mike aka Blind Mike, and I am low vision legally blind, and at 51 years old am finally embarking on a decades long dream of making wine and mead at home. I have a feeling it's going to be an interesting journey, and I am looking forward to sharing my...