Recent content by Pogue mahone

Not dead, just well aged. Sorry! I couldn't resist I am two weeks beyond where you are now, lol. I have a Mango-Ginger Mead that I have put down. We are in the same boat. I did do a mead in the distant past. It served as some experience with the process. It sat in the 5 gallon carboy for a...

Turkey, Splaylocked @ 225F over cherry

LOL I feel like I'm doing my first grow.

@DBhomebrew The fermentation went awfully fast, like 2 days. It went from 1.10 to 0.9. Should I worry?

Another concern...apparently the seal on the lid to the bucket is crap.:mad: The must is covered, but not airtight.

I got an itch to make a mead. I blame it on the governor, he legalized rec use and here I am. After some soul searching, I ended up with a concoction of: ~1 gallon of honey 2 pouches of Mango extract 2 lemons, zested and juiced 5" of ginger root, thinly sliced 1 tsp of black...