This was the first mead that I ever made. I got the recipe from brewery.org. It turned out very good, but it took it about a year to become drinkable after bottling . For the first six months it tasted like it was made with acetone or another paint thinner.
Apple Pie Mead...
I've only made cider once before I used juice plus some apple sauce to add body. After a couple of weeks in the primary I racked over to a secondary for a couple more weeks.
On bottling day I primed and sweetened with some cane sugar and added a few grains of red star champange yeast to each...