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I'm going be trying out 2 two new recipes. These is the first one I've developed myself. Both will add fruit to the secondary fermenter using the same mead (honey type, amount, yeast type, etc, only difference being the fruit). I intend to take 3/4 gallon of Orange Blossom Honey (9 lb) with...

I mix it post fermentation, though the mead is pretty good on it's own. Looking over the recipe it's almost exactly what I make. I add the vanilla and cinnamon to the secondary for around a month or two, though I found a "forgotten" batch that had it in for 8 months, didn't effect the flavor...

I did a similar recipe for my first mead. I ended up mixing with with a cider I had (angry orchard I think). Was absolutely the best mead I've made. the cinnamon went very well with the apple flavor while the sweetness from the mead balanced the tartness from the cider. I'm trying now to figure...