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Like, I figured it would taste bad, and logically I knew it was probably safe to eat, but I just figured I’d ask first. I was gonna try a piece of cantaloupe from my last batch, but when I picked it up it felt . . . well it no longer felt like cantaloupe. My monkey brain is no longer curious.

So, my monkey brain keeps telling me to eat the leftover fruit that I’ve used to make mead. I have been erring on the side of caution and just throw it away. Is it safe to eat? Like, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be, but like, is it? I really just wanna shut my monkey brain up.

Yea, it was D47, what I usually use. I’m starting to think it was a series of unfortunate events myself, because I just set another 5gals up for secondary and it tastes fine 🤷 same process

Maybe? The raisins are boiled along with the tea and get strained out before it goes in the mead, would it still get through that?

Damn, I didn’t even think about that 😅

Tannins/Nutrient/Citrus Yea, it was kinda dusty when I bought it, so I made sure to clean it well with StarSan before I used it

Bottled spring water from Giant Eagle. I won’t even drink my tap water, let alone use it for mead 🤣

D47, it’s the only one I’ve used until recently. I don’t use chemical nutrients, I usually make a tea with black tea, organic raisins, and orange peel, then strain out the chunks. It’s worked wonders on all the other meads I’ve made so far 🤷

It should have been pretty stable around 65F. The room I use stays closed and my AC is almost always set to 65

As far as I know it is a food safe plastic bucket. I bought it from my local home-brew store and it’s labeled as a fermenting bucket.

My mead has a kind of plastic aftertaste, the best way I can describe it. It is also a bit harsh. I flavored each gallon individually and they all have the taste, so I know it happened in primary. I THINK I’ve narrowed it down to 3 issues that might have caused it. 1) I made 5 gallons in a 6.5...

I’ve been making mead for about 2 years now, think I’ve got about 11-13 gallons under my belt. Couple of them didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted, but they were good. Just recently started doing 5 gallon batches instead of 1 gallon. I’ve learned about all I can on my own and decided it was time...