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Thank you. What sugar amount would you suggest to come up with strong yet sweet wine?

Hey guys, I have an apple tree in my backyard, I don't know what kind these apples are, but they are definitely sweet when they are ripe. I have looked through some of the recipes, but still have few questions. Choices I have: 1. Put these apples through a juice and derive pure juice from...

Ok, I re-racked it again yesterday. I had good 2" of sludge at the bottom of the first carboy. I used three crushed campden tabs for the second carboy, however, I have about 1/6 of the carboy empty filled with air. I shook mead in the new carboy vigorously to release gases so hopefully that air...

Yes, it is definitely more than 1/4". I would say that it is at least 1.5" of sediment in my secondary. I thought about racking it again, but I was afraid to introduce more air to it while I re-rack. Is it safe to re-rack again? Also, I am sure once I re-rack I will not be able to fill up my...

I used campden tablets and potasium sorbet to stop the fermentation. How do I get rid of the CO2 bubbles? Why are they still coming up? I had mead in the open bucket for the first three weeks (only covered with towerl), so I kind of hoped I would not have that CO2 problem. I did not...

Hey guys, I made my first mead by following recipe at this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/group-brew-strawberry-mead-156994/ Have few questions: 1. I stopped fermentation at 1.015, however, some bubbles are still coming up. I checked the OG and for the last two weeks its been...

Well, if it is still bubbling fermentation has not stopped, right. I guess, I don't have any other alternative, but sit and wait until fermentation dies out and than backsweeten it.

I've been doing my first mead following Strawberry Melemel recipe/post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/group-brew-strawberry-mead-156994/index17.html The OG dropped to 1.015 in my secondary, which is the point where I needed to stop the fermentation. I used three campden tablets and two tsp...

Thank you guys for the reply. I used K116 first to see if it will start the process and yep, next day its all bubbling and yeast happily eating all the sugars.

Ok, guys, took me a while to gather all of the ingredients, including big bucket for the initial fermentation, but finally everything aligned. Yesterday, I used 19lb of various organic no preservatives honey, mixed it in a slightly worm water, than added 17lb of strawberries and added water to...

Hey guys, another newby here. Doing my first strawberry mead based on the recipe in this post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/group-brew-strawberry-mead-156994/ I think I got a bit too big of a bucket and poured too much water, I think I am at 7gal now. I have 5g KV-1116 that I stored in the...

Thank you Nite. Where do you get your honey in Bay Area? I spotted few posts on the craigslist, but don't know how legit those guys are.

Plan to do this mead upcoming weekend. Two things I want from this mead -want it to be sweet and alcohol potent hence, however, I am new to mead and think that these two requirements contradict each other. So I have few questions: 1. Once you finish fermenting and cold crush it at 1.015...

Do you have a recipe for your mead?