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Yeah, these were easy to break apart. Maybe I should have done that instead of just putting them in whole?

Ceylon cinnamon, got it from amazon. See link here.

Bottled most of it last night, save two gallons which still have cinnamon sticks. Sadly, not getting much cinnamon or vanilla, just the hint of honey. Didn't back sweeten. Ended up at 12.5% abv. Two gallons that still have cinnamon sticks are JUST starting to take up cinnamon flavor, almost 5...

Sampled it today, still very pleasant but still not a strong cinnamon flavor. Will continue to sample.

I was worried about over powering my mead with cinnamon flavor so I kept it to 1 stick per gallon. I'm monitoring it regularly and will take a taste test this soon. Maybe tonight. Is 1 stick per gallon not enough? Is this just a time thing? Maybe recipes I read say to MAYBE leave it in for 1...

Tasted it, it just tastes like mead. Not really getting much cinnamon flavor sadly. Gonna taste one this week to see if I'm getting those notes I'm looking for. I think I smell it more than I taste it.

Accidentally posted this in the wrong thread so reposting here. Chronicling my latest mead exploit and seeing if anyone has tips to make this better. Only my second mead so still learning. Added 15 lbs of honey to 5 gallons of water. Took a specific gravity after adding nutrients and yeast and...

Chronicling my latest mead exploit and seeing if anyone has tips to make this better. Only my second mead so still learning. Added 15 lbs of honey to 5 gallons of water. Took a specific gravity after adding nutrients and yeast and discovered it was only 1.080, which I thought was odd but wrote...

Few months in, and the mead is sweet and pretty tasty, though more carbonated than I would like. Would love to see some age for a while but my friend group is impatient and we continue to open more bottles. Started a new cinnamon vanilla mead, and will start a new thread if I run into issues...

So did a reading. Every one is at 1.00. Looks like my yeast is still very active. Can I just keep adding honey till the yeast kills itself off then rack off the sediment?

I'm gonna wanna back sweeten at the very end, but sure, I'll take a reading and if it's above 1.00 I'll do a second reading in a week. If it's stable I'll back sweeten. If I do a reading at first and it is 1.00 or below, I guess it would be pretty difficult to tell if the yeast are dead...

I read somewhere that if you over-add k sorbate you get some off flavors, but you think it'll be OK if I add more?

Hey, long-time lurker, first-time poster. Brewed a few things throughout the years, but nothing serious. Friend group has shown a real interest in mead, so I'm taking a stab at it. Had questions so finally created an account so I could get involved.

So I'm very new to mead making, but not to brewing. For my mead, I kinda played it by ear, with a little guidance from my local brew shop. Forgot to add fermaid to my primary, so let it go for about a month til my hydrometer read approximately 1.00. Didn't take a starting gravity but believe the...