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I was thinking somebody would say that, but we'll see. I have the bottles in the fridge and I'm periodically relieving pressure. What I really need I suppose is some potassium sorbate.

Understood. I have a new batch that's following this recipe (essentially). I siphoned it into bottles after 5 days this time, while it's still sweet. Hopefully the champagne yeast won't eat all my sugar this time. On the topic of siphoning, what ways do you guys filter out the stuff during...

I decided to let it ferment a while longer, but I realized that I should have stuck to the recipe. The yeast seems to have fermented most of the honey and now it's no longer sweet. It obviously needs to age a little now. If I had siphoned it after a few days rather than 10, it would have been...

I filtered out about a spoonful to see how it's going. I must say, I like the taste a lot. Spicy, a bit bubbly, and mildly sweet. I can't taste any alcohol, so I'm guessing it's 5% tops right now. It could use to ferment more, but it's coming out more like a cider than a wine, which is what I'd...

Hi, I'm brewing my first couple batches of mead right now to experiment and see how they go. The first is a gallon of a recipe that should be ready to try in about a month. The second is following this recipe (for 1/2 gallon): It will have been in it's first fermenter 48 hours tonight, but...