Brewer_Chad
Well-Known Member
Just made my first batch of mead. I had 2lbs of honey from Oklahoma sitting in the cabinet. I brought a half gallon of water to boil put in the honey, 3tbs of pure vanilla extract, and 1tbs of cinnamon, and about one cup of crushed black berries. I put it in a gallon carboy cooled it in the sink then filled the carboy the rest of the way with water to bring the volume up to one gallon. I made a yeast starter with about an ounce of mead and lalvin EC-1118 yeast. The yeast said it was for wine and cider. Pitched the yeast 15min after making the starter. The OG was 1.091. Is this going to turn out good? How long should I let it sit in the primary? How long till it can be drank? Should I carbonate or not?