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Took part in a wort buy, through the homebrew club. Got 10 gallons of a wheat beer .... Wheat Beer: OG-12 °P ABV- 5% (somewhat dependent on yeast) Color- 4SRM IBU- 13 34% 2-Row Base 57%- White Wheat Malt 7% Torrified Wheat Hops per gallon .21g Cascade 6.8α @ Beg Boil .41g Willamette 3.5α @ 30min...

I have been degassing this twice daily all this week. Last night I strained out all the fruit matter. This morning the gravity was 1.036. Tonight I will be fortifying it with 190 grain alcohol. I just need to get an accurate measured amount of the mead. there is just over 4 gallons in the...

So it has been another week for this mead. It was at 1.046 this morning. Not adding an more nutrients. Just degassing. Moving slowly, but I hope for another 10 point drop. I will give it a week and see. I will still degas twice daily. Looking for 1.034, then I will filter the big stuff out and...

So I decided to take the jug and put it where I can't see it when I go down stairs. I will try to remember and check it at the end of the month.

This is my first time making JAOM. It is really hard to leave it alone !! But I followed the original recipe. The only thing I didn't do, was squeeze the orange. I was listening to Got Mead Podcasts, and that was one thing they said they would do the next time they made it. Oh well, It will just...

I aerated and gave nutrients this morning. Gravity was down to 1.086. Just past the 1/3 sugar break. Going strong !!!

So my first four batches are just sitting there, relaxing. I hope to get the racked sometime soon. They are all at, or below 1.000.

12+1 = 13 Started a JOAM

I thought I had posted that. Sorry My S.G. was 1.140. 32 Brix, measured with refractometer. I did state that the gravity was 32 Brix in the #2 thread. FYI ..... It is bubbling away very nicely this morning. Last night the gravity was at 1.120, when I added the nutrients and aerated.

So this hasn't shown any activity. So I built another 500ml starter. When I opened it to pitch, I could see that there were some fine bubbles developing on the surface. I aerated and pitched the new starter. This is a big one, so I figure another shot of yeast can't hurt. Sitting at 65*, in the...

So I haven't done much with these lately. I degassed the traditional, and took a reading. It is sitting at 1.036. Just letting them sit for now. I moved them back into my "cooler" room, in the basement. It's under 60* in there. I will rack them when I get time.

Up to 12 gallons now. Added 4 gallons Viking Blod, 2 gallons coffee mead and 1 gallon Blood Orange

So I finally got around to getting this mead going. Here is what I ended up with .... 4 Gallon batch 12# honey - Star thistle honey 2# light neutral honey 1/2oz Magnum Hops - 30 min 1/2oz Cascade Hops - 15 min 1/2oz Hallertau Hops - 5 min 31 pods Republic of Tea Hibiscus Tea 2# Frozen Costco...

Saturday 4/23 Update ..... Basswood Traditional Mead - down to 1.056 - still chugging along - almost to the 2/3 sugar break Concord Grape Juice Pyment - down to 1.002 - gentile degassing only. Pineapple Melomel - down to 0.996 - gentile degassing only. Meadowfoam BOMM - down to 1.002 - gentile...

Friday 4/22 Update ..... Basswood Traditional Mead - down to 1.068 - still chugging along - almost to the 2/3 sugar break Concord Grape Juice Pyment - down to 1.010 - gentile degassing only. Pineapple Melomel - down to 0.998 - gentile degassing only. Meadowfoam BOMM - down to 1.015 - gentile...

Thursday 4/21 Update ..... Basswood Traditional Mead - down to 1.080 - still chugging along - just past 1/3 sugar break Concord Grape Juice Pyment - down to 1.030 - just past 2/3 sugar break Pineapple Melomel - down to 1.000 - WOW ! almost ready to rack, gentile degassinig from here on...

I have done the same thing as in the Easy Large Batch Mashing - Home Distiller thread. Only I don't have mine insulated yet. Also, I go to restaurant depot and get ground corn meal. If I remember correctly, it was about $17 for 50# bag. But just like everything, the price has gone up on that...

Basswood Traditional Mead - down to 1.095 - moving slowly - almost to 1/3 sugar break Concord Grape Juice Pyment - down to 1.060 - almost to 1/3 sugar break Pineapple Melomel - down to 1.020 - just past 2/3 sugar break, no more nutrients, gentile degas from here on. Meadowfoam BOMM -...

It has been a while since I have been on the forum, let alone make any mead. So I finally got four of them going. Following standard SNA protocol with Fermaid-O, Fermaid-K and DAP. I bought food grade, 3 gallon buckets for primary fermentation. I am planning of several fruit melomels when these...

Just got back into making mead. 5 gallons so far. 2 gallons semi-sweet traditional with Basswood Honey. 1 gallon Meadowfoam BOMM 1 gallon Grape Juice and Clover mead 1 gallon Pineapple mead with the Nate's honey from Brazil and Uruguay