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I recently made a batch of 4 berry Melomel and was able to almost hit 18% came in about 17.6% I bottle in 32oz glass jars. I warned my buddy drink it slow it’s pretty much a 12 pack of coors light per mead bottle . He told me he slammed it like koolaid and pretty much saw Jesus and was...

Hi guys been a mead maker for about a year now , but just bought a copper still so I wanna make some lightning . Every apple pie recipe I see is all 80 proof . How do I get to 100-120 proof I cannot find any recipes or videos explaining the process of what increases ABV from a standard 40% I...

So if you distill something don’t you still need yeast to ferment the mash prior to distilling ?

This was the mead

Hi friends , my buddy purchased a bottle of reservoir distillery mead from Europe I believe . It was 50% ABV . It was surprisingly smooth and had a very good flavor. I’d love to take a crack at recreating something similar … what yeast would I pitch to get that high up or close in ABV ?

Hey guys , question … I was going to clarify my berry melomel with bentonite but I still wanted to bottle carbonate . Is this possible ? I don’t wanna kill off all the yeast but I do want it clear but still get some carbonation in the bottle . What’s the best way to do this ?

So to add So to bottle carbonate I should add corn sugar not erithritol ? I need to rack it tonight into bottles . So just trying to make sure I don’t make any bottle bombs

Yes I would be adding it as a priming sugar . The guy who runs man made mead on you tube was instructing to use priming sugar erithritol to get your bottle carbonation . Is that not accurate ?

Correct it is non fermentable. I am using for carbonation purposes

Hey guys pretty new to mead making but quick question on erithritol . If I am going to bottle carbonate and add erithritol …. Do I add it to my ferment bucket first or add it direct to the bottles ? If I add it to the ferment bucket , do I immediately bottle it within minutes , Or let it sit in...

I totally agree with a wide mouth carboy . There’s just something about glass that I don’t wanna move away from . Finished my last cyser with 5 lbs of different apples in a plastic bucket fermenter. It tastes great but glass would have been better I think . I used 1/2 gallon of berry juice with...

Hey all , somewhat new to mead making but have successfully done a cyser and honey mead both turned out well . Currently sitting on 3 gal melomel 4 berry in glass carboy . I’ve heard only leave berries in a mead for 7 days but my airlock is going crazy and I’m afraid to take it off to rack into...