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Thoughts on substituting vanilla extract for the vanilla beans? I think the bean is what gave my batch problems.

Im having a concern. About second stage where the must is in with the vanilla beans. I just moved the must to the third stage with the last LB of buckweat honey. But it seems that the must has picked up a very strong alcohol taste/smell I cant quite describe well from the second stage with...

When you rack the mead into the 1lb Buckwheat honey in 3rd stage do you need to dissolve it in any juice to thin it out so it dissipates in the mead evenly? Or do you just rack it into the mead and stir slowly?

Hello Im making this recipe for the first time and was wondering about the yeast strain. This recipe calls for Lalvin K1v1116 but I generally use Wyeast Sweet Mead Yeast (4184). Would the end result still end up with a caramel apple mead?