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Did you buy this from a trusted source? Somewhere that you've gotten honey from before? I've gotten honey with a thin coat of foam on it before, but never the thick stuff you described. Weird🤔

Just so you're aware, he hasn't been seen since Oct 28, 2019, so he probably made it, but who knows how it came out

Sadly, not yet. But I still have the plan in the works. The hardest part will be incorporating the walnut & butter flavors as they both have oils. I did manage to find some water soluble extracts, but I haven't bought them yet. Extracts are stupid expensive & I'm always a little hesitant to...

Sometimes, apple can give off a funky odor. In my experience, it ages out relatively soon after fermentation is complete. I typically add spices to secondary because a lot of those notes that you're looking to keep get burped out of the airlock. My suggestion would be to let primary finish...

If this helps you...as a general rule, for my own purposes, if my SG is under 1.100, I typically add all the nutrient additions up front, because it tends to go fast enough that I miss the 1/3 & 2/3 sugar breaks & it doesn't effect the outcome flavor wise. 😁 Also, nutrients won't be fully used...

As we're mine, blindly following a certain YouTube channel, (notorious for their bad mead making practices). After doing some homework & a lot of reading, I realized very quickly there was way more to it than just throwing stuff together & waiting for it to be done. Tosna was by far one of...

I use a wine whip to mix honey & water with all of my batches & it works great. One of my cordless drills has become a permanent fixture in my mead lab.

Your yeast are probably just assessing to banquet you just laid out for them & are wondering where to start. After all, that's quite a bit of sugars. No matter, if you started with a healthy colony & you keep up with staggered nutrient feedings, it should be ok & the yeast shouldn't be too...

Thank you very much. This is some great information that I will definitely incorporate into my practices. I just ordered the wand & flow meter for my mead lab:mischievous::thumbsup:🧑‍🔬🧫🧪⚗️

@MightyMosin .. Where did you get the nozzle for the pure O2 tank? Also, how long do you purge the must or starter with pure O2? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? I currently just use an air pump meant for adding O2 to a fish tank with (two) 0.5 micron SS diffusion stones, just using the same air...

Closest I've found to the quantity I'm looking for... 1/4 lb or about 113 grams.

Anything to make a better mead😁. Thanks, @MightyMosin

After looking around for it, it's not available on MoreBeer or MoreWine, & where I can find it, it's for sale in either 6 or 8 gram packages....or....2.5 Kg...WTF!🤣

I'm sure it will do just as well with the Clover, as it is considered by many as a carrier honey, like you said, just providing the sugars instead of bringing unique flavors to the table. I'm going to have to look into that. I've never used it. I have questions though...... You added the...

My original acrylic graduated cylinder started to spider web on me. I believe, @ least in my case, that the StarSan had started to break down the plastic. Luckily, I buy spares of everything so I just tossed it & washed the new one.

Thank you!

Where do you all get the 1/2" from? My LHB shop doesn't have any & Amazon is hit or mostly miss, with most of the reviews being crap. Thanks in advance, for anyone who takes the time to reply. Happy meading 😎

😂😂 Sad part is the loss of a Fermonster:(

If you're using a carboy, it's nearly impossible to use a brew bag. Using a bag saves so much headache when removing fruit additions. Once you use a bag, it's hard going back. If you're using a bucket & a brew bag, I recommend @ least mashing it a bit but not trying to make puree out of it...

I typically wash fresh fruit with Veggie Wash, (which is citrus based) then rinse very well. That has always worked for me, but I tend to use frozen fruit a lot & have never had an issue with it bringing in anything funky. That said, a lot of people do add a Campden tablet (potassium...