Started my first 4 meads

Shea25 said:

I must say this is a very addicting craft, I work at a brewery full time, just started brewing mead 3 weeks ago.

So far I have a Strawberry/vanilla Mead, Nectarine/Orange Mead, Black Berry mead and a Habanero Mead(just made today)

Here is a link to a few pictures of my mead making experience.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.195924917142648.48186.100001754227957&l=ea6fd31f38&type=1

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fatbloke said:

Ha ha!, nice pictures there. Though I did notice that you appeared to be committing the sin of heating the honey/must......

What's the point of that ? After all, heating mead musts/honey etc is a discredited and old technique. Honey don't need pasteurisation as honey is already the most anti-septic material nature has to offer, as well as being anti-fungal etc. It's only when we water it down that it becomes an issue, so cleanliness and hygiene of brewing equipment is usually the best method, as that doesn't usually affect the flavour of the end product, heating does......

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