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The recipe is in the recipe database and what follows are our notes and impressions of this mead. The recipe was a generous gift to us from our friend and tutor here on the brew board Nurse Nan. The gravities are a bit skewed because I messed up on water additions at the beginning but with...

This is a recipe passed on to us by our friend and tutor here on the brew board Nurse Nan. This was her generous gift to us and is shared here with her permission. 15 Lbs. Fireweed Honey 6 Vanilla beans, split 6 bags Earl Grey Tea Lavlin EC-1118 yeast Nutrient & Energizer 8OZ bottle Pure...

I would like to know if anyone here has any experience using Mayhaws in their meads. It is a very tart fruit that grows in the deep south. We have always used them to make jelly. We sometimes make straight Mayhaw jelly or cut it 50/50 with Dewberries to make my favorite jelly. I have...

I have a 3 gallon batch of New England type cider going and its fermenting like crazy. I need to figure out how the blow off tube is supposed to be rigged. I presently have a 3-piece airlock with the top and bubbler cap off and a piece of 1/2 tubing shoved over the plastic tube sticking up from...

I havent posted since around Sept.. We planned to wait until Feb.28 (9 months since bottling) to open our next bottle but Valentines Day came and I was asked (forced:)) by Red to open a bottle that night. I did the opening and she did the pouring. I regret that I didnt get a chance to check the...