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Update: So first off thank you all for your advice and answers to my questions; we've definitely learned a lot about the meas making process. My fiance's prickly pear/dragon fruit mead finished first and looks/tastes fantastic. We were a little disappointed it lost that beautiful pink...

So they have both settled down to where we don't need a blowout bucket anymore, but o was wondering when we should add the fermaid k, because they are both still fermenting away no problem.

Just finished getting it all together, my fiances mead looks absolutely delicious I can't wait to see the final products.

Oh cool, throughout all my research this is the first I've heard of osmotic shock, that's good to know! Is adding more honey like you mentioned later be considered back sweetining or is that different? Love all the advice yall are awesome. The main reason I'm doing a 5 gallon batch is...

Thanks for the advice! This is exactly why I love forums like this. I forgot to mention the fermaid k, so if I'm using that are the raisins unnecessary? And so 6 lbs of honey is too much for the ec1118? She definitely wants it to be nice and sweet. Is the 5 lbs of prickly pears too much?

So my fiance and I just got everything we need to start our first attempts at mead making, and I've always found the advice from people on forums like this to be invaluable. For my batch, I'm going to try a peach mead. For a 5 gallon batch, I'm using 18 lbs of clover honey, 15 lbs of...