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55 lbs wildflower honey caramelized (dark) 11 Gal spring water 54g ferm O (upfront) 15g yeast starter (step fed) QA23 55lbs honey heated in a 20 gal pot on med heat for roughly 2 hours. Stirring frequently throughout the process. Finished color is dark almost like molasses with notes of...

Ive been wanting to try black currant for some time now and finally got something going 3 days ago 1 gal vinters harvest black currant wine base 1 3lb 1oz can vintners harvest black currant puree 12 lbs wild Maine blueberry 28 lbs sweet clover honey 46.8g fermaid o 35g lalvin 71B yeast Batch...

OG 1.106 FG .996 Got a great deal on some Brazilian pepper honey and got 120lbs. I've been giving mead making advice and help to a new guy who is a really good friend and we've been busy getting solid recipes down. We still had close to 60lbs from the previous year so traditionals have been...

My friend and I made a cyser about 2 months ago Fresh press honey crisp cider 1.050 OG 12 lbs wildflower honey D47 YEAST Fermaid o per batchbuilder sna OG 1.145 FG1.020 Roughly 16.1ish abv Now if you noticed at the top I never mentioned using pectic enzyme and that now leads me to my...

Last Friday my friend and I started a cyser. 4 gallon batch 12 lb wildflower honey 3 gallon 100% organic apple juice 1.050 D47 yeast Fermaid 0 tonsa 2 OG 1.145 Degassing 3-4 times daily Things are rolling right along and the sg is falling steady, not sure if this will go dry but we dont...

3 lbs/1 quart buckwheat honey 3 quarts water QA23 5g/1 packet 4G Fermaid O sna, 1g at 24, 48 and 72 hours and last on 1/3 sugar depletion if needed. Degas twice a day for the first 5 days and ALWAYS before adding the nutes. 1 tsp bentonite (dry) in primary after 24 hours while degassing. I...

Last Sunday I started my first bochet, it's a 1 gallon batch. 3 lbs local wild flower honey lalvin 1116 yeast fermaid o yeast nutrient go-ferm yeast starter I made a starter for the yeast in the Sunday morning am, gravity of 1.030 and pitched at 10 pm Sunday night. I used my stove top to...

30 gal batch 5 Gal blackstrap molasses 16lb turbinado sugar 1 cup bread yeast 5 gal infected dunder Boil 5 gal h20 and mix sugar and moll until desolved, fill barrel till you hit the 30 gal mark aerate the hell out of it and pitch dry yeast straight on top. Before you fill to 30 gal add...

I just recently tasted a fruit after 3 years of seeing the trees and man oh man why did I wait sooo long to try them. It comes out they are persimmons and ALOT of them too, I did some research to find out what they were and I'm sure glad I did.

I've recently came into a great find of endless bourbon barrels for 50 bucks a piece, most are wheat but others are rye and all corn whiskeys. I want to age a traditional for sure but are there any other flavors that match well with bourbon? I'll look for some answers but I'd love to hear...

This is for a 5 gallon batch 17.5lb clover honey 12lb apricot 4lb blackberries 2 packs 71-B fermaid o yeast nutrient I'm not sure if these two actually compliment each other and I've yet to start this but the blackberry is optional at this point. if I get any negative feedback I'll go with...

I've just started another raspberry melomel and am thinking of adding another ingredient to compliment the berries. Mint vanilla Those are the two that come first to mind and just was wondering if any others have tried mixed combos with raspberries. Ingredients are 11 lb clover honey 6lb...

4 gal apple cider 7 lbs clover honey 3lb caramel malt 60 1/2 cup water with 2 packs boiled bread yeast for nutes Took 1 gal of cider and heated to 155°f and steeped the caramel malt for 30 minutes Strained and added to the other cider and honey, mixed very well. Rehydraded 2 packs of 71B in...

As the title states, I work out of town a bit and I forgot the nutes. oops I brought what I thought was what I needed and made a small 1 gal traditional with 3 lbs Dakota clover and went to add the nutrients and low and behold I forgot them ( fermaid o) I do have on hand 3 packs of D47 and was...

I jumped into mead making back in August last year with both feet running ,Ha Ha I just finished racking that first raspberry melomel for the final time, it's sweet, very much berry flavor and will be ready for the bottle very soon for what's actually left of it. It probably could've been...

I'm wondering what the thoughts are about using bentonite on clearing mead? I have a traditional mead ( honey, water yeast) nothing fancy and now having done more research I've found and should've known better but I used bread yeast. I'll slap my own hand but what's done is done now, lol...

I'm new to the site but not to fermenting and I've started a a new melomel so I thought I'd share my recipe. 17 lbs clover honey 5 lbs frozen raspberries crushed wyeast sweet mead smack pack nutes were a pack of D47 boiled in a pint of of spring water although I'm not sure I needed it...