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I ended up with what looked like around 5.3 gals and used just about the whole 18lbs of honey. Tried to take a hydrometer reading and i couldn't really read it due to foam It looked like it was between 1.1 and 1.12.. Is this good, or am i about to have a pretty strong nasty tasting mead

so for a 3 gallon batch of this, you would basically toss 3lbs of honey in a primary fermenter, then add cider to make 3gal? or add 3lbs per gallon of cider? then pitch 5g of yeast? this sounds like something i would want to try next

Ok everything i used was in good shape (no scratches that i could see at least). and also, this white foam that appeared after my vigorous mixing with my drill, which made it really hard to take a hydrometer reading, is normal?

So, i got it going in my fermenter around 330pm yesturday, did not see any bubbles last night, saw it start this morning.. Going to do my first aerate/degas tonight and add the fermaid-o.. However i have a question about cleaning equipment. I know i cleaned everything with a no scent cleaner...

i am finding this forum very helpful in everything i need to calm down the nerves before my first mead batch lol glad, you said that was more than likely a typo, that is basically what sparked my need to go balls deep in research

I have his complete guide to meadmaking book, great read so far.. however, i was very confused on the first recipe.. it calls for 14lbs of honey to make 5gals with SG of 1.115. I had to have been missing something, because i dont see how thats possible... this confusing led to more research and...

So im doing my first mead on sunday (traditional) and my original recipe was 5gal batch 16lbs honey 2packs of yeast 12.5 go-ferm 20g fermaid-o -im going for an SG of 1.115 to end up with a mead around 14% as i was buying all my supplies, the guy said i should make 5.5gal of must to...

niice, i just ordered the 71B-112, fermaid-o and go-ferm from amazon, should be here saturday... will update on how this delicious batch of fermented honey turns out

dang.. could thins be avoided by doing the fermaid-o and doing the recommeding amount i found here? http://www.meadmakr.com/tosna-2-0/

lol i hope not. think im gonna add 5g of fermaid k every other day or so for the first 8 days while stirring. I red you could mix it with DAP, but i guess its better just by itself? i dunno, overthinking again about the.. science edit - found...

yea, i know im prob overthinking.. i am under the impression that one small mix-up can cause the final product going from 3 months to a year... or i have no idea what im talking about lol

Yes all this has been very helpful.. Researching on SNA however, has got me nowhere. Im going to take the advice i got here and start when fermentation starts. But im seeing to add it every day, and then im seeing every 2 days till 1/3 break. I also cant seem to find out how much of fermaid K i...

this is exacly what i was looking form thank you.. I am def going to do more research on SNA (plan on fermenting this sunday) and i found a nice video on youtube for re-hydrating yeast. However, i feel like if i tested for gravity everyday i would be wasting alot of mead, enough to give me more...

YES! this is exactly what i was looking for.. im def gonna do some reseach on SNA, i found a pretty nice detailed video on youtube for re-hydrating with goferm, by a viking brewing buy.. however i have one more question for you.. if i was to test the gravity everyday by putting it in a test tube...

Ok,so basically dont worry about stirring except when adding nutrients? and im looking at at least 6months in secondary?

i was also following that same recipe.. i noticed if i followed it exactly, it would only come out to be about 4.6gal.. i adjusted it to - -16lbs honey -10g 71b-1122 -12.5g go-ferm -? fermaid k with this, i can get a SG of 1.115 for 5gal batch.. this should have an AVB of about 15%.. If...

Iv been trying to find answers to probably the easiest questions, but either get half answers or 5 different answers to the same questions. so here it goes.. my recipe is going to be- -16lbs honey -10g 71b-1122 -12.5g go-ferm -? fermaid k going after 5gals with SG of 1.115 -how much fermaid...