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Everything is all bottled up and tastes delicious already!

I was planning on doing the 1 lb. test for sweetness. My batch is around 4.25 gal after racking. I was told EC-1118 was a good beginner yeast. I didnt know the abv could go so high.

I used 2 tsp's of Potassium sorbate and 3 crushed campden tablets after i racked. Today I will be racking into my bottling vessel, this should help leave behind dormant yeast that settles in the bottom? Will my mead taste like i added honey or will it incorporate it's flavor into the...

My mead is ready for bottling and needs something sweet. I made a 5 gal batch of ginger mead with a vanilla chai black tea for a better mouthfeel and aroma. I'm a month in and my mead has a ginger bite to it and its dry. I used 1118 champagne yeast with 12 lbs of honey and 3 lbs of ginger sliced...

Thanks for the info. I may just play it safe since this is my first batch and I dont want to mess it up. I'm going to just add sorbet to stop fermentation completely and back sweet once its stable(24hrs). I'm about to start my next batch of mead but keep it simple and do only a orange blossom...

I'm ready to bottle my 5gal batch of very gingery ginger mead. I need to back sweet to cut the overly ginger bite. My f.g is at 0.996 and holding for over a week now which makes me think fermentation has finished abv of 12.3%. I did not cold crash it nor added any chemicals yet. I want to add a...