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Thanks, good luck to everyone!

Ok so I guess I won't heat the honey. Here in portugal we are having some problems in recent years with the introduction of asian wasps. They're really bad for the bees... Also my honey flavor will vary depending on the time I collect it, rn it's more floral and sweet and then it'll get darker...

I'm into brewing beer at the moment and ofc I'm also portuguese and for those who don't know, Portugal has a culture of wine just like france. We have a really famous type of wine here called Port wine, "vinho do porto" which is a sweet wine especially appreciated by the british. I would like...

There's a little problem... Fermaid isn't sold in europe, only go-ferm and nutrient vit, idk which nutrient should I go for in this case...

I found this thread Joe's Ancient Orange Mead and I have some questions. Can I follow what malkore said and omit the raisins and use the wyeast sweet mead yeast instead of the bread yeast? And if I want to do a bigger amount like 5.5 gallons can I simply multiply all the ingredients x5.5? Thanks...

Yes, I was using wyeast 3068 WEIHENSTEPHAN WEIZEN, I was just afraid the temp change would be a problem not the actual temp itself, like starting too high and then dropping more than 6 degrees celsius after just a few hours. Thanks, I think I can be less worried.

Hello guys, never done mead before but since I produce my own honey which has a really good taste and I think it's superior to what I buy in portuguese supermarkets, I really want to give it a try. Here in portugal it's also really hard to buy mead so that's another reason I want to try it. I...

So guys, this monday I made an hefeweizen (weissbier) and I had planned to ferment it for 3 days at 16,5 degrees celsius(62f) (and then gradually ramping up. What happened was that my thermostat is an stc 1000 and I had the cables not inside a box, so somehow a cable got disconnected and the...

Definitively my favourite option, the only problem is buying one outside the UK, usually the manufacturer is from UK and shops in spain/portugal say there's a problem in supplying due to brexit. I'll wait a bit to see if I can catch one for cheap.

I only have this photo atm, I can take another tomorrow since the chestfridge isn't at my home. It has a lamp in the door/lid but other than that I think it has no coils there. It has a drain hole though but to be able to use it, I have to pass the wire through there and only after that I can...

I think I'm interested in your pH meter but I only found it in one spanish shop Medidor digital de pH / ORP / Redox y Temperatura XS pH5 (G-PHT5ECO) 130€ can't find it anywhere else. Maybe I'll go for it I have to think. The only extra things I have to buy is pH buffer solutions, no need for...

Thanks! I'll check that out, appreciate it

Welcome, I'm also interested to get into mead since I have my own honey production. Which type of mead would you recommend to start off?

Yeah, probably in a hops forum, no? I'm also growing hops and I plan to use them later in my beer. I'm currently growing 4 of each of these (cascade, columbus, nugget, magnum, fuggle, saaz) and maybe in other years I'll add more variety to it but you already know what's going on if you know me...