^ thanks for the advice. I guess I'll just wait a few more months and try it again. It does taste very minty, raw honey thick. I've never had a mead before so I don't know what to compare it to.
I have the same problem. My honey Braggot bottles are all flat. I know what I did wrong.
I forgot to cool my racking sugar down to room temperature. I pitched 200° racking sugar in my priming carboy and most likely killed all the yeast in my wort.
Can I revive each bottle somehow?
There is a very interesting pdf clinical study concerning Marsh Tea, Hops and Bog Myrtle.
https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:386245/FULLTEXT01.pdf
I am also an herbal alchemist tea drinker and I have tried quite a few different combinations.
I've brewed with Myrica Gale before...
I've had similar problems with mash efficiency. The guy at the homebrew store told me he keeps grains mashing in the cooler for hours!
I usually chaptalize with some DME if my all-grain efficiency is low.