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So another packet of yeast, and more honey/fruit?

Berserk Mead Recipe Ingredients: 12 l Water 6 l Honey 1 dl Dried Rosehips 1/2 dl cloves 1 packet yeast Actual Ingredients: 3.95 gal Fred Meyer spring water 6 lbs Barleans Special Honey: "Neighborhood" 1195-y-2 2 oz The Herb Shoppe Rose hips 1/2 oz The Herb Shoppe Whole Cloves...

Recently racked my mead, while racking I didn't unfortunately have time to keep a sample, although I did siphon a little off the bottom without yeast, and tried it. It tastes fine except that it tastes watered down. I was wondering if the secondary ferment will help rectify that, but it seems as...

First brew is bubbling about a week now, I only had wild turkey 101 at hand when I was putting the airlock in. Now the liquid in the airlock is cloudy. Is this an issue?

Thank you all for your replies! I am only interested in a taste as close as I can get to what it should have tasted like to them, not so much interested in traditional brewing practices. I would really like to nail the original and then experiment. Just went out and bought all the beggining...

Hey I've been searching the internet for a few days and haven't come up with precisely what I'm looking for. Basically as I understand it, you need water, honey, yeast, and some form of nutrients for the yeast. My friend is trying to tell me that nettles is traditional. Were the nutrients not...