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It seems like it won't necessarily hurt anything to bottle at 2 months. It may not be at its best, but I'm certain it will still be nice and enjoyable. I think I'm going to do must to try and give it the best chance of clearing up before bottling by racking it to secondary at 3-4 weeks, then...

Very interesting reading material! Already put in my favorites!

Are you local to Colorado Springs? I'm somewhat new to the area and would be nice to make some brew buddies.

Schmidt apiaries wildflower honey, local to Colorado Springs

I just got home and re-took the reading and I am now getting about 1.105. So Wince fermentation took place I'm guessing I had a SG of about 1.110 aprox. I have no clue why I got such a different reading before. So since that mystery is solved, should I count on this mead being done around...

Could the honey be bad? The larger of the two containers (12lbs) was nearly solidified and crystallized even after being in hot water for half an hour. I had to cut open the container and scrape out all the honey to add it to the "must"

According to the HBS this kit should have been good for (with the sweet Mead yeast) 11%ABV

Didn't think there was going to be any fix. Was really just wondering if I was wasting my time. I'll have to look again but when I looked at the Mead this morning it looked like fermentation was just starting (I brewed on saturday) and other than it being hazy (which I guess is normal in the...

Sorry I'm still learning some of the lingo.... BOMM?

So I took a chance at doing my first mead over the weekend in preparation for serving it at my wedding in October. It was a very simple recipie from my local HBS. 15 lbs of colorado wildflower honey All the additives (was in a pack, looked like white powder and some sort of tablet) Wyeast...

I'll be taking another reading here over the weekend. My fear is that the only reason the gravity went down at all (could have been 1.029 for as much as I can tell) could be from the 1 cup bourbon that I added in with the secondary. Of course I don't plan to just ditch the batch just becuase...

So I just followed your advice and prepped the yeast nutrients (seemed like you were unimpressed with that brand, do you have a better one in mind?) and am currently waiting for it to cool before adding it to the wort. In the mean time i siphoned some out (to make some room for the nutrients)...

The yeast nutrient I picked up is "fermax yeast nutrient BSG". I'm. When I racked everything over to the secondary fermenter I had a little more than 5 gallons and filled it all the way up to the top of the neck. So tonight I'll siphon a little out to make room and add a 1tsp of boiled yeast...

Well the thing that makes me hesitate is saying fermentation is still happening for sure is that there is no krausen forming. The secondary is filled all the way up to the top of the neck and I don't see any foam like layer at the top. So maybe it's just CO2 being released from the wort...

Well to be honest, I'm not sure it is done fermenting. Looks like in the secondary carboy there is a steady stream of bubbles for a couple days now and a whole new year cake at the bottom albeit smaller than the on in primary. Assuming tho that fermentation is mostly over So I...