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An update... My fermentation slowed way down 3 days ago to almost nothing so I decided to add my figs. My neighbor‘s fig tree produced a 2nd flush so I’m now working with 8 lbs of figs. When I took them out of the freezer to thaw, I first sprayed them down with a StarSan solution to kill...

Thank you hottpeper13...That sounds like a great idea also. I use a lot of StarSan in my beer making and recently learned something new about it. I drug in a little bit of red Georgia clay on my boot and got it on a very light colored beige carpet. At the time, it seemed like a great idea to...

Thank you so much. Sincerely appreciate your guidance.

I don’t know why so many pics are there...I only added 2

Typo...my OG was 1.090. I used 6 lbs of local honey and added 2 1/2 gallons of spring water. VR21 yeast. How do I sanitize my frozen figs with the Camden tablets in the secondary? I’ve never used them before and only purchased them because the lady that runs the local beer-wine making supply...

Thank you...there were many videos I watched on YouTube and the reason I decided to go with adding the fruit later was simply because the guy in the video said this way was safer for beginner mead/melomel makers. I do have a big mesh bag that I bought to put the figs in...I’m glad that both you...

Thank you. I did take an OG reading...it was 1.00. Also, I did use 3 teaspoons of Fermax yeast nutrient...it’s a 2 1/2 gallon batch. They are fresh figs...a gift from my next door neighbor. I read somewhere that cutting them in two and freezing them helps. The article stated that freezing any...

Thank you...I’ll remember that when I try again. I was just working with what I have.

Still in the freezer for now. The YouTube advice that seemed to make sense to me was from a guy that makes a lot of mead and melomel. His advice (if you are a beginner mead/melomel maker as I am) was to ferment just the honey for 2-4 weeks and then move it to a fresh fermentation bucket. That...

OK...so not a lot of info out there on melomel I guess. One of my Dad’s sayings was “do something, even if it’s wrong...at least you tried...so...OK...here we go. I watched probably 15 YouTube videos and took bits of advice from all of them. Yesterday, I warmed up 6 lbs of honey with 2 quarts of...

Hello all, I am new here and am looking for help. I have 6 lbs of figs that I cut in half and froze. I would like to make some melomel but am not sure where to start. Can I get 2 gallons out of 6 lbs of figs? Looking for an ingredient list, how to proceed, any suggestions, etc. I’m a home brewer...