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So, to revisit this thread... I purchased the 3 pounds of the Wellsley brand honey from BJ's and did my first batch of JAOM. I just bottled it but tasted a few ounces first. Tasted pretty good to me. I'm not experienced in mead tasting or mead making, but I did like it. Now we will see what...

Funny how this was just posted about a week ago as I was just in BJ's two days ago and saw the pricing for their 3 lb containers and thought, "Could I use this to make mead?" I literally logged on right now and did a search for "Wellsley" to see if anyone else had posted about it! I am new to...

I posted in this thread a whole ago because I was looking for a recipie to use with my home grown Cascade hops. It has been a bit of an adventure so far using whole leaf hops for the first time. My gravity was off and my abv cane out low, but I bottled it last week and will taste the first...

The hops have been dried and are currently sealed in bags in the freezer. Not knowing the AA content for the bittering addition I think may be an adventurous part of the brew. I know pellets will be much more predictable but who knows, maybe tossing in the whole leaf will produce a better...

Thanks for the advice! I had read a bit about not knowing the AA on the home grown hops affecting the brew so I think I'll try bumping it up like you suggested. Also, thanks for the yeast advise. I know my local home brew supply store does not carry Wyeast but they do carry White Labs...

I have 8 oz of homegrown whole leaf Cascade hops that I would like to try using so I am going to try this recipe but substitute all Centennial for all Cascade and see what happens. This is only be my second all grain batch so hopefully I don't screw it up too badly! I plan on using WLP001 as...