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i would say take all the honey as well, as it won't go bad. also you can make a test batch of 1 gallon in a cheap 1 gallon carboy and see if the honey is any good for show meads. if not use fruit in almost all batches

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I was wondering if some one could tell me the pros and cons of using a few tea bags and or lemon and lime juice when making mead. I know the tea adds tannins and the lemon and lime would raise the acidity but what doe they do for the flavor in the finished mead? Has anyone made the same recipe...

I just fell into 2 03s at a small shop yesterday. the guy i talked to who i assume was the beer manager had to have know the premium this thing could have commanded, but i got them for 15 a piece.

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I made six gallons of California merlot this year and was wondering how much oak to use and how long to leave it for. I bought a pound of French medium toast figuring it would last a while. Thanks in advance

http://www.oakbarrelsltd.com/10-liter-black-steel.html this place is 95 shipped to lower 48. saves you 5 bucks

36 dollars for 6 gallons is a rip off. Check local orchards. I have seen orchards advertising 50 gallons for 90 dollars 30 gallons for 60 and offers to fill carboys and demijohns price unspecified. but at 2 dollars per gallon at the 30 mark I cant see it going anywhere above 3 dollars per...

not sure about the weather in canada this summer, but here is new england the apples are actually ready right about now because of the unusually hot summer. there was an article in the news paper yesterday about it.

is there any discount for buying multiple items? I would be interested in the kegs the co2 gauge and tank

yea but how do you know when crab apples are fully ripe? they are so tart no matter how long they ripen

I have ten gallons of edworts apflewien that will have been fermenting for four weeks on Saturday. I am going to keg five in a corny one in my Taylor freezer syrup tank and bottle four. Should I use corn sugar or brown sugar for priming the bottles?

I'm glad this thread got started. Cause avfriend of mine and I will be doing the same thing soon. But I do have one question, when is the best time to pick the apples?

I'm going to drop the batch of sparkling bueberry mead and make a plain mead instead. 1 still blueberry 2 sparkling raspberry 3 MAOM 4 Spiced Mead 5 Still plain mead

Its wild flower honey.(they have light wild flower and wildflower, i opted for the wildflower as i figured it would have more flavor and was like 25 cheaper for the pail) on this places website they say they never heat the honey above 100 degrees when extracting, so I assume its still going to...