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• Posted in thread: how do you bottle your mead? on 01-28-2013 at 11:47 AM
  Why upside down?it prevents the corks from drying out over time

• Posted in thread: how do you bottle your mead? on 01-25-2013 at 01:20 PM
  I use standard green wine bottles from the brew store, cork with a double lever hand corker,
  and label using a p-touch label maker. I put the label on the bottom of the bottle so I can
  read it while i...

• Posted in thread: Corking on 07-24-2012 at 03:51 PM
  Well if your using k-meta as your sanitizer, you can make a extra strong batch of sanitizing
  solution in the bottom of a bucket. Then suspend some corks above the solution in a mesh
  bag/strainer/etc a...

• Posted in thread: ...eat ALL the honeys? on 07-13-2012 at 02:52 PM
  the yeast should eat their way through it, but you don't get accurate hydro readings. I assume
  its still fermenting, so oxidation shouldnt be an issue. Id would a rack some of the liquid
  off, and shak...

• Posted in thread: Frugal on 07-12-2012 at 02:53 PM
  Well dont forget about the possibility of mutations. The lees, especially after a couple of
  reuses, may not be the yeast you started out with. It could be better mutation, or it could be
  worst, but pr...

• Posted in thread: First timer: Do i do it? on 07-03-2012 at 10:53 PM
  1. thats kind a hard question to answer. its like trying to answer what does beer taste like.
  well it depends on the ingredients/type etc. Theres so many different types of meads its
  boggles the mind!...

• Posted in thread: Dry ice on 07-02-2012 at 07:17 PM
  but putting the dry ice into a plastic bottle and using a hose to direct the sublimating CO2
  gas into a blanket in the headspace. This should avoid the risk of junk in non-food grade dry
  ice getting ...

• Posted in thread: Why let the must sit for 24 hours? on 06-26-2012 at 02:14 PM
  I believe it's to let the k-meta (potassium meta-bisulfate/Camden tablets) do their thing,
  killing any wild yeast or bacteria that is on the fruit and then dissipate as to not kill off
  the yeast you a...

• Posted in thread: looking for mead on 06-23-2012 at 04:22 AM
  There is Rohan meadery just outside La Grange

• Posted in thread: honey water & yeast on 06-22-2012 at 02:40 AM
  150 grams in a 5 liter batch is going to have a potential of 1.15% abv, or a OG of 1.008, are
  you sure it wasnt 1.50 kg?