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I want to make sure the recipe I drew up will actually come out good, so please tell me what you think. 15 lbs. Orange Blossom Honey One Gallon Water Four Gallons Apple Cider Nutrient and Energizer for 5 Gallons Acid Blend for 5 Gallons 5lbs Apples (secondary) 2 lbs Oranges...

Awesome thank you. I was consoderig a cyser...but I wanted to use code instead of applejuice. Would that work?

Sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. My only concern is the vanilla beans. I've seen a few people talk about how strong they are and mention that usually one or two beans split in half give a strong enough flavor. Also have you ever tried using brown sugar? It would probably go good with...

Hmmm what was the batch size?

I'm still new to mead making, and I want to get started on making some kind of cinnamon/vanilla mead for the winter time. I can't really find any recipes combing both, but I'm open to variations that would taste somewhat near a cinnamon / vanilla flavored mead. Any help I get would be awesome...

After some searching I've found plenty of reuseable wine bottles in some recycling bins (thank you, holidays.) Only question is, aside from re-corkable bottles, how about bottles with twist offs? Would it be okay to clean / sanitize, then just put the twist off back on after I bottle some mead...

Another question, may be a bit unorthodox but....how do mason jars work with mead? (non carbonated)

Thanks, awesome advice. I'm gonna start emailing places soon. Anything free looks good to a college student.

I'm a few months away from bottling, but better to be prepared. I know this may be redundant, but anyone have a cheap website that supplies bottles for mead? I'm going to end up with a little over five gallons. Amazon had one package for about 50 bucks that included a corker, 12 bottles and 12...

I'm not in too much of a rush, I always read mead was one of the easiest things to brew (except for the time it takes). The few times I've tasted home brewed meads I was reallly a fan. I mentioned this to my girlfriend and she got me most of what I what need for my birthday last weekend, hence...

Haha, but really. If I'm posting this in the wrong area, or it has already been addressed, I apologize. I'm looking to try out brewing some mead, and got some equipment (as well as a starter type of ingredient kit that includes all the yeast / nutrients and that good stuff). So I have that kit...