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Over time the honey will come forward more, I find if it's almost as sweet as the wife likes I just give it another 6 months. Like Dan said, if it was clear before adding honey the haze will clear as it incorporates into the mead. Month or two at most and it should be clear again.

Tart or sweet cherries? Something I find enjoyable with cherry and blueberry is just a little bite of citric acid. Medicinal flavor can age but check your acid levels, might be an indicator there.

That will dilute everything by half, yeast will consume all remaining sugars and leave you with 10 abv roughly. Diluting enough to lower abv a few points will maintain the higher abv and body of the mead while letting the yeast eat enough to get back to an 18 abv. If you want a gravity of...

Adding water may dilute it enough to ferment further, calculate how much water to add in order to dilute enough for fermentation to consume sugars down to your ideal gravity. Slightly sweet, I'd say undershoot a little as you can back sweeten easier. Aim for 1.010, it's slightly sweet for me and...

If the pic is of the current gravity reading, that is 1.030 not 1.130. the hydrometer has a base of 1.000 and every 10 increments would be represented as 1.010, 1.020, 1.030 etc. Lower down on the hydrometer it should show an increment of 1.100 and the continue with 10 point increments...

If it's finished fermenting the yeast should be inactive and no longer rising up to consume sugars, but I've seen yeast drift up after cold crashing a finished mead. Best to rack off the sediment to avoid anything rising up again.

Possibly campden, I've been having this issue repeatedly lately with campden tablets, planning to try powdered Metabisulfites soon to see if issue persists. Crush a campden tablet and throw it in some water the same way you did in the carboy and see if it has a similar reaction or if it fully...

Hard to say, either every 40 points gravity drops you could add a teaspoon Fermaid O, also anytime you detect stress or bad odor go ahead and stir it really well and add some nutrient

Haha I knew you were going to pipe up.

Dang why am I just finding this thread, oh well, assuming you mix your honey into the water thoroughly, your gravity is extremely high due to berries replacing some water volume. What I would do if you aren't going to ferment in a wide mouth or bucket, draw out half of the liquid volume into a...

A good brew bucket definitely, no spigot but check the underside of the seal on lids and make sure fruit flies can't enter, rough experience there. Buckets or wide mouth fermenters allow easy access for aeration/degassing and additions/removing large materials. Star San in a spray bottle makes...

Got a 5.5 gallon BOMM going now, 160.7 gallons.

Haha we must have been typing at the same time. Well played sweet well haha

Primarily you have an ideal abv that you want to hit like 10.5 for example, you calculate what your starting gravity should be through a brew calculator you can source online. It will then tell you if your starting gravity is 1.080 and it ferments all the way dry, down to 1.000 then your abv...

I can't remember but I think I've done that before, believe it was drinkable but I would wait for someone else to chime in to be sure. Extra sulfites in it for sure but I don't know what a toxic level would be.

Just my opinion here, if you follow a recipe then follow it so you know what it's supposed to be, then you can adjust. A JAOM isn't it's namesake if you change yeast, then it's a mead with spices and fruits, a BOMM isn't the same without 1388. Now with that said, you can absolutely use any yeast...

What do the package instructions say to add to a gallon?

With the DAP just go by the package instructions, LD carlson also has an Energizer that works well with DAP, use a 3rds or 4ths addition schedule and you will be fine. Just be sure to calculate you sugar breaks and additions so all the DAP goes in before the 10% abv point, usually around the 1/3...

You can also check if there's residual honey density at the bottom as opposed to the top, either slowly stir everything together so it blends then grab a sample from top, middle and bottom. Either check individually or blend them in cylinder and check together, if the reading is higher you've...

Only thing I substitute is an actual airlock instead of balloon, best of luck and keep us posted.