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A few friends of mine had the idea to do a competition within a competition. This is continuing a trend the MeadMakr guys starts with their soda mead challenge a couple years ago. We want to see how creative people can get with a cocktail inspire mead. #CocktailMead Challenge at the 2019 Texas...

Someone please answer the man. I'm in the same spot.

I am making a 1 gallon batch of mead using the Lalvin ICV-D47 yeast and it says it has an alcohol tolerance of ~14%. The packet is also geared towards a 5 gallon batch. I understand that the tolerance is due to it not being able to consume more than that much sugar for a batch that size, but...

You're just making it like the old ages. Brewing beer wasn't originally such a precise activity. The cleaning of all utensils and proper equipment is just precautionary and allows for similar results over and over again, that doesn't mean you have to do it that way.

Most of the fermentation happened when it was in the primary. Racking it into the secondary is mostly just to get most of the sediment out to make the beer clearer, and to condition the beer.

I'd say measure your 2 fermentors and then look at the specs of the freezer. Says its 33.25"H x 22.06"D x 28.34"W, might be a tight fit but seems like it could work. Don't forget to add the height of the airlocks.

It says its a Dry Wine Yeast, so I guess champagne as well. It's the first mead I am doing so I thought it would be a safe bet. I don't really like the sweet meads and with the added flavors I thought that it might balance it out a bit. The combination of zest and juice sounds good. You really...

I'm looking to make something along the lines of a Raspberry Lime Rickey but in mead form. I got a good base recipe for the raspberry mead but I am having trouble finding a good way to add the lime. The biggest problem other people seem to be running into is the citric acid coming from the...

I've been told StarSan stays for up to 6months, after that you would need to make a new batch of it. If I have a 3 piece airlock with StarSan in it and I am conditioning it for more than 6 months, do I need to change the sanitizer at that time?