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Go to a brew store and get a fermentation bag.

fish bottle of 2010 JAOM

Cherry Mel #2

My setup

First sampling of 1 gal JAOM

first sampling of cherry mel

Day 3 of 1 gal JAOM

Racked Cherry Mel

2010 JAOM 5 gallon

cherry melomel 1 and 2, pomegranate, JAOM

for a 1 gallon batch, I have read that a packet of yeast is easily good enough for a 5 gallon batch

I believe the issue with the powder vs whole is that the powder will not dissolve and floats to the top

I followed the JAOM recipe and ended up with a dry mead that was about 15% alcohol. Of course it was my first time and I didn't really know what I was doing...

Test tasted both batches tonight and they are both coming along great! The cherry Mel actually tastes like a rosé and is already at 10% abv with a reading of 1.020 from an original reading of 1.096 and I am only a week in!

Thanks for the articles I will check them out after work. As for sugar content that makes sense. I will try to keep it around the same sugar levels of most juices. If I do a JAOM style n/a mead I think I will steep the spices with the water and honey then let it cool and bottle. Then sweeten...