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if doing a lemon lime do i need to worry about acid levels at all?

Has anyone ever tried adding food coloring to mead?

Its actually back what it was before I even added the energizer. Which I didn't expect. No signs of contamination either

Should I do anything to get the fermentation back up to speed?

thanks guys

My mead is in its primary Ferm, and i added some yeast energizer which promptly resulted in a violent blowout. i lost about 1/5 gallon of mead. But I have no idea if its a lost cause or not? I re-santized the airlock and got it back in place as quickly as possible. and now im getting a bubble of...

wont tart turn out tart though?

Deathly allergic to raspberries lol

That makes me nervous about going with the watermelon. Any suggestion for a different fruit?

I haven't looked at the ratios for fruit yet. ive been looking around to try and figure out how much I need so I can end up with a mead that really has the flavor of the fruit. I did order some pectic enzyme yesterday so I will have it by the time primary is finished.

Thanks for the advise! How fine of a strainer do you typically use? and are you freezing before or after you blend the fruits? and unfortunately I only have the 1 gallon carboys to work with so i guess i could just scale back how much i put in them and clean m big carboy to keep whats leftover...

MY first question is about fermenting, my mead is in 5 gallon carboy for primary fermentation and its a sweet mead 18lbs of wildflower honey and spring water basically. i threw in a handful of raisins for the yeast to eat on. It's been about 20 hours since i put it all together and I'm getting...