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Did you take a hydrometer reading? I got 1.001. Started mine on the 21st and just racked it.

I have been contemplating a cherry mead recently. I was walking around one of my local grocery stores this evening and saw that they had 100% cherry concentrate. It comes in a quart container and the label said it had over 1,000 cherries in each quart. Any suggestions for a recipe using this...

I think the Costco brand is $12-$16. That's for a 5#. The equivalent in your Dutch honey is cheaper.

I think honey doesn't go bad, but could be wrong.

Approximately 12lbs.

I had 7lbs from Costco. (clover) I did have 10lbs but I used 3lbs on a maple mead last night My buddy gave me 10lbs of wild flower from his work. Wasn't to expensive at all. I can't wait!

6 gallon Carboy 1.154 17 lbs honey -10 wild flower -7 clover 5 oranges (sliced in 1/8 1lb raisins 4 cinnamon sticks 3 cloves 1/2 t energizer 5 t nutrient 5 t yeast

It get most of my clover honey there. 5lbs pretty cheap!

My fermentation did the exact same thing. As of last night, most of the bananas have sunk to the bottom, and the airlock has almost no movement. At least during the 5 mins I stood there.

Band-aid is probably a more correct explanation. Now I'm kind of worried. I have used my tap water on every mead I've made. I didn't use oak. I dont remember buy i think I used D-47, which I've used on all my meads. (how would I check it's health?) The infection. How to check it? My guy is...

Hmmm. That sounds kind of good actually. I might have to try that!

Made this last night. Ingredients 3 lbs Honey 3 TBS lemon juice 1/4 cup brown sugar 4 oz very strong tea 3 fluid oz of Pure maple syrup yeast according to preference I substituted the tea with a 1/2t of tannin. I started with 7 cups of water. Once everything was in the 1 gallon Carboy I...

Works for me. I did bottle it sunday but now in thinking I should have waited after some threads I've read today. The final hydrometer reading was below 1.000

Thanks!

Yes a gallon. Other than the plasticy taste, it didn't have much flavor. When I hear dry I think like a very dry Cabernet. Is that same implication? I know the more the honey the sweeter it will be. At the time I didnt. :(

I made my 1st mead on 7/7. Racked it on the 7/22 and it cleared really nicely. It was a simple mead. 2.5lbs honey Water Yeast D-47 (packet) I added a tbs of vanilla extract and about 25 raisins to the original fermenter. I was still new to the process and didn't take an OG reading. I did take...

My buddy is in food distribution and gives me gallon jugs. Thanks for the spice clarification! 5 oranges?

I've read not to double or triple spices when making more from a 1 gallon recipe. If I want to make a 5 gallon batch, how should I proceed? Spices and oranges etc?

I bought a "thief" for those situations. Prior to that I used a "baster". Make sure they are clean though. ;)

A month later it is clear! Very cool! Now.... What's next? Let it sit even longer? Re-rack? Bottle?