Recent content by ftonz

Excellent! :-d

I Live in New Zealand, always have and can tell you what a Manuka mead is like .... Not that great in comparrision to other honeys Infact I had some well aged Havills Manuka mead, and it didn't take my fancy .. I much prefered some of my own stuff I much prefer our native bush honey (...

This looks really good mate. A fine job on your first mead. I'm not sure about how many cloves and allspice went in, but I have never used either so I cant offer much help there. I only wish my first batch was as intersting as this. Keep us posted :-)

If you want to backsweeten , you need to add it I havn't backsweetened cider, but what I do ... I dont think it alters taste much. When I started out I was worried about it too, but hey, you can always make more ! Wait untill the ferment is done Add the campden , wait 24 hours, then rack...

It could be done Watch the airlock , if theres no bubbles or it bubbles very slowly (eg 1 every half a minute- a minute) You could rack it Leaving it for another week or two wont hurt either

^^ I only use one dose of nutrient with mine, and thats when it's goes into the carboy. Mead is great because theres really not much you can do to botch it. Just clean your airlock / replace with clean one Have fun

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Hi All I'm actually a mead head, and have several awesome batches using native New Zealand honey down :-). Also tried my hand at cider and am happy witht he results. At the moment, I am sipping on a Timmermans Peche beer. I also love their berry and cheery ones, alas these cost $7 a 33cl...

Thanks all , Solid advice. You've been very helpfull I'll let you know how thism one turns out :-) Cheers

Thanks for the quick replies guys. Ok,, so to stabilize it, do you recommend I crash chill it? Or use some potassium sorbate? If the latter is about an eighth of a teaspoon correct? (Got that off the sticky) I dont have any sorbate, I do however have potassium metabisulfite , i'm reading I...

Hi All I'm new here, a Kiwi and have been reading these forums for a few weeks now. I love mead , so much I decided to start making it . ( the $18 a bottle price tag had something to do with it also ) I didn't have a hydrometer when I started, but got one yesterday to check my batch as...