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    coffee syrup ?

    Was in the local Wally World to day buying coffee and saw flavored syrup to add to your coffee? I think. They had Vanillia, Carmel, Hazelnut and Chocolate and even a couple of sugar free. Was wondering if anyone had tried any of this to flavor a batch? They seem to have natural and artifical...
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    Cherry Berry Mead

    never used that yeast, what temp. range is best for it? some yeast prefer mid 60's or they start throwing off bad flavors. Jim
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    rack the mead to secondary.

    Yea the taste will improve, just let it set and do its thing. Jim
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    Potassium Sorbate a bad thing?

    As newbies we are told to not add packaged fruit/juice if it has potassium sorbate in it as it will inhibit or stop fermintation. But if your mead is in the secondary and clear when you add it is it bad to stop fermintation ? seems it may prevent bottle bombs. Jim
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    When to add fruit?

    I just finished a 1 gal. raspberry mead and I waited to add the fruit until the secondary. I bought a 10 oz. package of frozen raspberries allowed them to thaw and refroze them, allowed them to thaw and come to room temp, placed them in a nylon stocking and then into the secondary. Let them...
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    Color?

    Thank you for the reply GinKings. Jim
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    Color?

    Just added Raspberries to my secondary, Real nice color and a pretty good flavor. Will it retain some or all of the color or will it age out clear?
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    Heat during fermentation?

    What yeast did you use? I used a stormcastle recipe that called for Lavin D-47 or bread yeast, I used D-47 and found out it works best under 68*. Jim (59*-68* for Lavin D-47)
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    ICV D-47 Fermentation Speed

    Not much experiance, I used D-47 on a 1 gal. batch and it bubbled lke yours at about once every 8 seconds and got slower to the point of almost stopping at 30 days. Started a second batch, same recipe but for 5 gal. still only one packet of D-47 and the wife stirred the crap out of the must...
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    Drinking during first mead batch

    Just started a 5 gal. batch of show and pitched at about 100 deg. within 6 hrs the airlock was perking about every 3 sec. I used D-47 as well. Jim
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    pint vs pound

    Don't know about Internet, Do a web search for local beekeeper clubs and contact them. Jim
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    pint vs pound

    Buy it up, or get your own bees.:)
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    How to tell if mead is infected?

    Man I hope your alright,I started mt first batch on 10/13 and it looked just like yours.I think the foam is just the gass from fermitation. Jim
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    How Much Yeast?

    Thanks for the replies folks. Jim
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    How Much Yeast?

    So if you want to brew a 5 gal. batch do you use a packet per gallon or what? haven't seen to many 5 gal reciepes that show more than type of yeast. Jim
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