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fish bottle of 2010 JAOM

Cherry Mel #2

My setup

First sampling of 1 gal JAOM

first sampling of cherry mel

Day 3 of 1 gal JAOM

Racked Cherry Mel

2010 JAOM 5 gallon

cherry melomel 1 and 2, pomegranate, JAOM

for a 1 gallon batch, I have read that a packet of yeast is easily good enough for a 5 gallon batch

I believe the issue with the powder vs whole is that the powder will not dissolve and floats to the top

I followed the JAOM recipe and ended up with a dry mead that was about 15% alcohol. Of course it was my first time and I didn't really know what I was doing...

Test tasted both batches tonight and they are both coming along great! The cherry Mel actually tastes like a rosé and is already at 10% abv with a reading of 1.020 from an original reading of 1.096 and I am only a week in!

Thanks for the articles I will check them out after work. As for sugar content that makes sense. I will try to keep it around the same sugar levels of most juices. If I do a JAOM style n/a mead I think I will steep the spices with the water and honey then let it cool and bottle. Then sweeten...

When I first bought all my equipment (used off kijiji) I received 5 23 L carboys, 60 wine bottles, hydrometers, thermometers, airlocks, bungs, bottle washer all for $50 CAD. Amongst the bottles were the fish bottle, a couple of those cat bottles and a very large bottle with a long neck that was...

Making 2 1/2 gal batches of simple cider with what I had. I was reading another post this morning that only used cider and yeast. So I got a gal of cider from work which had no preservatives from a local farmer. Then added nutmeg and cinnamon to one and some dried ginger to the other. All I had...

Ok, so then I just follow a recipe and leave out the yeast?

Did a quick search and didn't seem to turn anything up. Has anyone tried this? My reasoning is my nephew. He likes to Mimic the adults with things like non alc sparkling ciders. He lives in Niagara falls area so trips to the wineries are quite frequent in the summer. So I would like to make...

My first batch did this. I found it cleared up after I moved it to a warmer spot.