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Has anyone experimented with adding Lactose in Mead? If show how and when did you add it and how was the outcome? I been wanting to try to create something along the lines of a Milkshake IPA mead so a Milkshake MeadPA. Was thinking about following denards receipe he has for a Hopped mead but add...

I used fresh cranberries that I froze from Walmart and tossed them in

Cranberry with Vanilla Beans. Used D47 yeast. This is actually my first batch.

This is technically my first batch of mead I’m making, made a few with a friend of mine and decided to try it on my own. So I decided to go with a Hopped Mead with some orange (thinking most IPA’s have some kind of orange in it so must go well) 1 gallon batch 1gallon arrow head spring water...

This leads me to another question, I see some people using buckets for the primary and some people use glass carboy, what is the recommended way? I understand the bucket because of a possible mead explosion when adding nutrients but I was always told plastic will leach into the flavors. Is it...

Thank you so much, very helpful and reassuring. I like the idea of doing 5 small batches to get it down. Also where would I find information about the science behind it, I would like to have a better understanding of Gravity and stuff like that.

Im new to making mead, I have not done it yet. I am one of those people who wants to know as much as possible before I do anything. Are there any sites or videos any of you recommend to learn about mead and how to make it and everything to do with mead? Including the language and different...