Recent content by Booyacht

Mine took off! Started this last night. Here are my notes: 6-5-13 Chocolate Mead, AKA Liquid Panty Remover. Added 1 gal spring water to ferm bucket. Poured in 12 lb clover honey. Heated a pot of water on stove and poured in 16 ounce by weight of Hershey natural unsweetened cocoa powder, mixed...

Thanks Opus! Here is my update from last night: 6-5-13 racked into 5 gallon carboy secondary on top of 3 lb puréed blueberries and 1 lb clover honey. SG was 1000 at racking. Tasted very hot and was fruity (and good) but not a discernible blueberry flavor. Planning to let it sit in secondary for...

I love blueberries! Started this last week. Here are my notes so far. I plan on racking on to 1 lb honey and 3 lb pureed blueberries next week. One question, now that the lid is on should I open the lid daily to push the blueberries down? I'm just curious of the danger of leaving the...

Hey all- I know I'm a few years late but I saw this and just had to try it. Here are my notes - I'm new so feel free to help if I did anything wrong. Main thing I noticed is that mine fermented much faster than I expected. Notes: 5-21-13 Strawberry Mead started at 7pm. Added 18 lb whole...