Recent content by James Judd

Thanks, I had only planned on racking once but maybe I should do a few racks.

Thanks Jim. My plan is to let them sit for a few months for clearing and aging purposed

Thanks, I was reading about the cold crashing technique

Yeah. I have the campden tablets. I will use those. Just hope I dont get any bottle explosions. Lol

Hello, so as the title states I am pretty new at this mead making thing. I have a one gallon of JOAMS going, 1 gallon of mint "probably taste like crap but I thought I would try it" and 5 gallons of peach. All seems to be going well right now. My question is that when that special time arrives...

I started a peach mead last weekend. I used some fresh peaches and also a local orchard by me has peaches in glass jars with water and honey in the jars. So I added a few of those jars as well. I also picked up some peach extract just in case I need it before bottling. I used 15 pounds of honey...

Thank you

Thanks for the info

Thanks, so far it looks and smells fantastic. I do have a question, I know I am a long way from bottling but how many 16oz bottles should I except from a gallon? Obviously the Lee's takes up some room in the bottle so I will lose that but if my calculations are correct I should be able to get...

Thanks. I will update as it goes along. So far looks and smells fantastic.

Thank you.

Hello everyone. Been reading through the forum for a few weeks trying to gain as much insight as I can into the world of mead. Finally today all my suppliesarrived and I was able to make my first 1 gallon home brew mead. Please don't get after me to hard for my lack of terminology. Lol. I...

Hello everyone. Been reading through the forum for a few weeks trying to gain as much insight as I can into the world of mead. Finally today all my suppliesarrived and I was able to make my first 1 gallon home brew mead. Please don't get after me to hard for my lack of terminology. Lol. I...