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Until my SG hits @1.02, I hit it with my drill mixer at least twice a day.

Almost traditional was started on 10-05-15. It was pretty clear @ 6 months or so if I remember correctly. The Erlking was started 12-20-15. This one usually clears up fairly quickly, depending on the clarity of the apple cider or apple juice used. Eldercherry Frankenmead was made from...

Fantastic! And congratulations.

Almost traditional Erlking mead Eldercherry Frankenmead

863.5 Elvis/Bacon experimental mead +1 OH Henry! mead (rose/peaches/fig) +1 Cherry Pie mead +1 raspberry bochet mead +1 not pictured is 1 gallon Knotgrass mead +1 = 868.5

846.5 gallons of mead L to R: Chocolate Salted Caramel Port Freezer clean out wine Pear/cardamom mead +5 herbal mead +3 Peach/Lavender mead +3 Plum/shiso/jujube mead +3 Maple Syrup/hickory syrup/yaupon holly mead +3 = 863.5

This stuff is just about gone now. It was wonderful and definitely on the list to make again.

From what I understand, raisins aren't that high in nitrogen. It's likely just a very healthy mix of minerals and nutrients coming from the mixture as a whole, rather than one specific ingredient. Keep us updated. I'm curious to see how this one turns out. I've got 8 cans of lychee in...

Wow, I'm betting this one turns out spectacular! Keep us updated.

Well, the sky is the limit when it comes to mead, so I guess the question is more about what fruit you have local to you and whether or not you are opposed to using concentrates, like Vintner's Harvest, etc. I just started a shiso/plum/jujube mead. Next up on deck will be a mustang grape mead...

Pear/cardamom

This is our 2nd batch of Erlking Mead. It seems to be clearing nicely and we are hoping to bottle it sometime next month. This was started last December. Apple juice, cranberry juice, yaupon holly honey, cranberries, ceylon cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and star anise.

Started this batch in January 2015. It is hands down my favorite. Himself likes it, but his favorite is the Erlking. Primary was Blackberry and Elderberry, American Oak powder, blueberries, and blueberry honey. Secondary, I added strawberries and elderflower. Tertiary was rum soaked french...

Well done! I haven't done a Honningbrew yet, but our BlackBriar is Blackberry/Elderberry mead. It turned out fantastic. Primary was a 50/50 blend of blackberry and elderberry juice. In secondary I added elderflower, dried elderberry, and strawberry. It's the best mead I've made so far.

You will love it. Also, consider getting some pure maple syrup for backsweetening.

Probably a good idea. The honey I used is very strongly flavored. We have 10 bottles of the original left, and 6 gallons in secondary. The first batch we made cleared very quickly. This newer batch is still cloudy as ever, but sitting at 1.00. I will give it another couple of months...

So how is it so far? What kind of honey did you end up using? We are hoarding our first batch. Our second batch is sitting in secondary and getting some age on it.

Sounds like a sound plan. Are you wanting a very, very strong vanilla bean flavor? Because that is what 4 beans will do in 5 gallons. If you are just wanting a background flavor to tie everything together, 1 bean scraped and thrown in will do fine. If you are planning on bulk aging for...

838 + 5 gallons of Winter Solstice mead = 843 gallons of mead this year

BlackBriar mead. I think I'll bottle this in January.