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Peach. 6-8 lbs per gallon along with 3lb honey(or equivalent amount of sugar).= Peach melomel which has this light peachy flavor and is maybe slighlty yellowish, but mostly clear. By the way, my strawberry/rhubarb isn't that red. To get a nice red color, add some hibiscus flower. And my...

But, unless you stabilize it first with metabisulphite and sorbate, any sugar you add will get fermented. Spend some time doing some reading around this forum to learn the technique of stabilizing, then backsweetening.

By the way, there are plenty of tannins in Blueberries (I live near the wild blueberry capital of the world). Pomegranites are a bit tart, but if you liked the blueberry addition, then you should like the pomegranite. Go for it! (and let us know how it turns out).

I added pomegranite juice to an Irish Red once, for the color boost. Wierd flavor when it fermented out, but that was in a beer. Have never treid it, in a wine/mead.

Listen to the man above. He's THE man!

Agreed. Don't bottle it now, or you'll have blown-out corks, or exploded bottles. She's not done by a long shot. With a OG of 1.085, almost any yeast should take it down to 1.000. Mistake not adding any nutrients. Treat your yeast well and they will do their job happily. I'd add a teaspoon of...

192 + another 6 =198 Had 7 buckets mixed apples and pears this time, maybe 130 lb, so yield was a little better. SG=1.045

I pressed another 6 gallons of mixed apple&pear cider yesterday at a church function. Kept 2.5 gallons, treated with metabisulphite and pectinase last night, and this morning added 4 cans fajc and 2.5 lb blueberry honey. OG 1.118, pH 3.1. Added nutrients, oxygenated, and pitched 2 packets of...

Got me- I tend to not look at the posting dates. But Tennessee I think you do have a good question. I do a lot of backpacking in the Northeast where giardia tends to be an issue. Had it once, don't want it again. I boil, filter, or use a steripen, depending on the situation and what I have with...

I've read the explanations above, and they are fine, but a simple estimation is that 1 lb of sugar in 5 gallons will add about 8 gravity points. 2lb should add 16. So, if your volume is exactly 5 G, then your new SG will be 1.061. Considering your volume maybe be a bit more than 5, then your...

Metabisulphite isn't a sterilant. It's a sanitizer/antioxidant and a mild sanitizer at that. It works quickly-less than 1 minute will be sufficient. All wines, ciders, and most meads contain sulfites, which protects against oxidation. So, you can use that as a no-rinse sanitizer. Now, as far as...

Straight honey. After it has carmelized to my satisfaction, I let it cool down a bit, then add the water carefully.

Found it.'Bochet: A question about temperature, not time' started by bernardsmith back on Nov 11,2018.

My ciders usually ferment to FG in about 1 week, but I do pamper the yeast. I treat the cider like it was honey must- add nutrients, oxygenate, rehydrate my dry yeast, control the temp. Like I said pamper. By the way, I then let it sit for anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months until I feel like...

I've done it on a stove, but have found it's much easier in an oven at 325. Be sure to use a large volume kettle because this will expand 5-6 x, and sticky burnt honey on the oven floor will not make SWMBO very happy. I check the temp and a sample for color every 15 minutes until it hits what...

I second Davedrinkbeer, except that I tend to backsweeten mine to around 1.010- slightly sweet.

I have always added various spices in the primary stage, either at the beginning, or after 4-5 days when the most vigorous fermentation starts to slow. But, after 2nd or 3rd racking when I start thinking about if she needs backsweetening, I taste it and decide if I need to add more spice. This...

Wait a minute- did you stabilize the mead before backsweetening? If not, then you just added more sugars for the yeast to feed on. So, it wouldn't be a surprise at all if the fermentation started up again.

6054.5 + 6G Ben's DoubleAlt = 6,060.5

Yes. 1 can of FAJC has just the right amount of carbonating sugars for a 5 G batch, and lends a little appley flavor.