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I could have written every word of what you wrote above. Your experiences and mine are uncannily similar. Gonna start this winter's batches right after Christmas. I have a melomel, a sack mead, and a cyser in the planning stage this year.

Well crap, I didn't notice that I wrote that backwards. Down is indeed the faster, as it should be.

Two statements ... Streaming works great, My wife's work (from home) is a challenge sometimes. I think it is mostly a latency problem for her.

I have had Starlink since March 2021. It was amazing in beta, and works fine most of the time now. Streaming works great, my wife's work (from home) is a challenge sometimes. I think it is mostly a latency problem for her. We get probably 50-80 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up, on average. Edit...

Well, if we are adding sugar, honey sure seems like a good option.

Cyser!

This is the way.

I don't know. But I came here to say that my first attempt at mead was a (fresh) elderberry melomel, which was amazing. I hope yours turns out great as well.

I do most of my brewing in the winter, when the back bathroom stays pretty cool, generally 58-64 range. That works very well with my go-to yeast, K1V-1116. We have no airconditioning, so when I brew in the summer, I put my carboy/bucket in the bathtub with water in it, to keep the temperature...

Just wait until you make your first Cyser ... the obsession will grow.

I'd leave them another week, to let them settle as much as possible, and to let the yeasts "clean up" before racking. But, either way is likely fine.

Those are all meads, and are included.

Math, people! 111.2 + 5 + 14 = 130.2 gallons.

And yet another cyser, 1.5 gallons. 109.7 + 1.5 = 111.2

If your SG reading is right, don't add any more nutrients! It would be useless to the yeast, and maybe tasted in the final product.

Update?

Your mead will be fine. I have had some stoppers pop out. It doesn't happen when I make sure the stopper and the neck are dry. Others have used rubber bands to hold it down. See also My Rubber Stopper Won't Stay In My Glass Carboy! - Wine Making and Beer Brewing Blog - Adventures in Homebrewing

Yes, 1/2 tsp plus one campden tablet.

So, one day between priming and checking for carbonation, if I understand correctly? I think the expected time is normally measured in days or weeks. I am new at bottle conditioning, but my current test took 10 days before I knew for sure it was really happening.

I started with the same kit, and it turned out quite good. A few years later, still making and enjoying mead!