Hoakay. So I can easily get my hands on a bourbon barrel. Believe it is 55 gals. So my concerns are;
1) Would it mix well with the mead flavour and has anyone done this?
2) my carboys are only one 5 and one 6 gal. Meaning aging in a burboun barrel would leave a crap load of head space. (...
I have a few friends who brew beer but the only person I ever knew that did wine moved along time ago. So I need some tips and advice to get started doing some mead. I'm pretty familiar with all the equipment. So what my questions are:
what is "raking"? It sounds to me like just mixing...
