Recent content by Damgaard

Actually, I'm glad he asked...I could figure out the additives (yes, Google is my friend too), but the measurements of honey and the addition of the nutrients / energizer explanation left me a little confused (admitted newbie). Isn't that what the forum is for? We weren't all born mead...

Yes. To drink it ;) Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I have bentonite and I'm not afraid to use it ;) I mixed the two honeys because I like the flavors of both. The OB is from a local keeper, and the Wildflower is a particularly delicious organic variety I wanted to add in. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I started my third batch of mead on March 23rd using the recipe below which was cobbled together from reading the forum and a discussion I had with my local brew shop which is also a microbrewery that has their own Orange Blossom Mead on tap (which is quite tasty, by the way). I was looking...

First batch, cleared nicely with a half teaspoon of bentonite (one gallon batch). Drinkable after a month...would clearly get better with age but it will never make it ;) American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

Wow...I racked this batch today, airlock activity had gone to nil. SG is at 1.000, started at 1.110. By the calculator I use it says it is sitting at 14.4% ABV. Tastes like rocket fuel with a dash of honey. I added yeast nutrient and energizer about a week ago and things got very active before...

In my completely minuscule experience, I believe the medicinal taste has to be from the yeast itself. I have two batches brewing based on the beginners recipe from stormthecastle.com using bread yeast. My first batch I used the peels of two Meyer Lemons. I have noted when sampling that the...

No problem! As long as your head stays attached ;) American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

Fantastic! Would you mind sharing your Bhut Jolokia recipe? I am planning on a Habanero mead soon and thought I was unique, LOL! American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

Which is why I said I've had some great German Rauch Biers ;) I had the same experience with the Maple Bacon Beer...simply **** in a bottle... American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

I got it Zymurgist, I searched the file name and it came right up. I have it bookmarked now. Great info! American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

Looks great, but clearly your problem is that you're drinking it from a human skull ;) American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

Evidently no bueno on ipad. American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

That's pretty much been mine since I started my first batch...which was a scant three weeks ago. At this rate I'll lose my job, get divorced, and live out of my car with my collection of bubbling carboys. American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.

Broken link Zymugist American by Birth Viking by the grace of Odin Seeking peace through mead.