Recent content by i_mead_it_myself

I didn't add acid. I added potassium bicarb to get rid of some of the acidity - it was too strong for my taste, even with an FG of 1.007. I'd already bottled, so I wound up adding 1/8 tsp bicarb, 1/8 - 1/4 tsp vanilla extract, and 1 - 1.5 tsp sugar per 750 mL bottle. Much better IMO. The only...

I do it the easy way by using 100% juice (no preservatives). Made a blueberry mead that way last Sep and just about ready to bottle a tart cherry mead right now.

I bottled a 1-gallon batch 9/30/20. Basically the same recipe - Trader Joe's Blueberry Juice, 2 lb 5 oz Safeway Orange Blossom honey, D-47, and using TOSNA 3.0 nutrient protocol with Fermaid-O, except used twice the correct amount of yeast by mistake. Finished at 1.008 and 15% ABV. It was a...