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I'm guessing a more prolonged attempt to promote dissolution would've been beneficial. As would have heating the water more prior to integrating it with the honey. I've seen various reports of what may occur. Lees forming above the honey which slowly sinks as the honey is eaten. The sugars in...

So, I cleaned, sanitized and prepared everything. Mixed together just shy of 15lbs of honey with water to fill to 5 1/2 gallon mark on carboy with re-hydrated Lalvin 71B. Fed with recommended fermax. The honey immediately coalesced at the bottom of my carboy rendering all attempts at SG...

While the yeast claims to tolerate 16% I wasn't really shooting for that high. I was under the impression that grapes lacked similar nutrients, although I have seen people throwing raisins into the mix. What I'm really after is just keeping off flavors out and having an at least mildly...

I went with the 71B for the low nutrient requirements and target temperature (along with supposedly lower instances of SO2 production) The energizer I have on hand is Crosby and Baker, listed as DAP, Yeast Hulls, Magnesium Sulphate, and Vit B complex. I hear people talking about Fermaid K a...

Hi. I am a newbie to mead making. I've got around 16lbs of raw wildflower honey and I'm planning on adding that to 4 gallons of water with Lalvin 71B to be fermented/stored in a cool basement . From the sound of most of the advice I've read I am expecting to sit on this for at least 6...