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Joe Mattioli of JAOM fame will be our guest on GotMead Live on August 4th at 9pm est. Undoubtedly the most used and famous of all mead recipes of all time, Joe is somewhat of a celebrity in mead making. Join myself, mead maker AJ Ermenc and Vicky Rowe, owner of GotMead.com tuesday nights at 9pm...

I have two of these special edition Jack Daniels bottles that make perfect 1/2 gallon fermentors.

In no particular order...2 apple wines, a JAOM, red wine, a blackberry mead and a date mead.

I made a 5 gallon batch with 15 pounds of orange blossom instead of the almost 18 according to the recipe and 5 oranges last January. It came out really good, like a white wine, just a hint of sweetness. Popped a bottle open last week, was gone in 2 days, will open another one in a few months. I...

DO NOT touch it for the next 4 months. Don't take it for walks, to movies, out on a date, do not water it, trim it, or bathe it. Don't give it a manicure, haircut or facial. Leave it alone!

Looks fine. Your carboy looks fine too. Now, just have a lot of patience, leave it alone for at least 4 months.

Yes it will decompose. If you have it sealed tight with an airlock, you're fine. Don't worry about not seeing any bubbles, it is still fermenting. Staring at the airlock will drive you nits, give it a few months, and don't touch it.

If you're using clove, you don't need allspice. The pith of the orange does offer flavor characteristics, the bitter helps balance the sweetness. Honey seems excessive, typically its 3.5 pounds to 1 gallon US. I've done it with 3.2 pounds just fine. When you say 1 piece of nutmeg, I hope you're...

If there's a reason why your JAOM is failing, its because you didn't follow the directions EXACTLY. A lot of people have repeated this. Joe Mattioli didn't just slap this recipe together and hope for the best, he tested and re-tested until he came up with one that works. I don't think it matters...

JAOM requires patience, lots and lots of patience. Once you put the recipe together, leave it alone for 4 months. Do not touch it, pet it, take it for walks, etc. At 2 months the fruit should drop, then it will start to clear, once it has, rack it and let it sit for another month or two.

Sort of an adaptation of another recipe here; 3 gallons apple juice 12 oz clover honey 1 cup brown sugar 4.5 oz molasses Nottingham yeast 1 tsp nutrients for 3 days Degassed several times daily SG: 1.068 Plan is to ferment for 10 days in primary, transfer to secondary until it...

Some mead.

House White2...this is the same batch as the House White, except this sat for a week on American Oak. It started as a 2 gallon batch, was split after primary fermentation.

I design and make them myself. Avery #22808. You can get them on Amazon.

House White mead.

Just bottled my first JAOM. Been in the carboy since 12/31/14. Tasted sweet, citrusy, good for a dessert wine I suppose.

I would de-gass it (stir vigorously, easy at first) 3 times a day and feed it once a day for 3 or 4 days. Leave it alone to ferment for 3-4 weeks. You really need a hydrometer and a pH meter, both are less than $10 and most LHBS