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I did about 20 gallons I think, plus or minus a little for the lees.

bentonite is really nice, It looks pretty gross when you first use it, It will give everything a grey tinge but after a week or so letting it sit, It will be amazingly clear, At least it has in my experience. I use it every time.

I might have to do that in my next 2 batches, Im going to start a raspberry and orange next in a month or two, whenever my first batches are ready for secondary

haha, I love the taste of mango but Im not sure what the mango skin would do.

For sure, I dont typically like aging in oak but Ive done it a few times. If you make a ton of different kinds it all blends together which is alright sometimes but I found the oak cubes give me the level of control that I like.

Yeah, I need to figure out of I melt a wine bottle if it weakens the structural integrity, because if not Ill just melt a ton and then everyone will have a completly unique bottle which would be awesome

I really enjoy the wildflower honey or Clover honey because it adds that earthy element. I usually throw a smoked oak cube in there as my signature, gives it a nice barrel flavor

I wouldn't worry too much about it, If you like it then drink it, I agree with CKuhns if you want it to be stronger try a bit of water and add a more aggressive yeast, Ive had to do that in the past.

Very Nice! I have my blueberry and blackberry going right now, I used local wildflower honey that I got pretty cheap beacuse It was what was left after they bottled everything so I got it in a bucket, still about 8 pounds though of perfectly good premium northwest honey. I used the same batch of...

I like that, I think we are going to stick with Tiny Tree Meadery and have a minimalistic tree made of honeycomb. Looking for interesting bottles to use to bottle to be a little "Different" I found a curved wine bottle that was pretty cool but I cant find it again. It was like the top was melted...

Has anyone had any off flavours with mangos, I have a peach mango mead going right now and I left the skin on about 20% of the mango slices, the rest are just the mango meat. Does anyone have any experience on using mangos? should I remove all of the skin or add more skin?

Im trying to decide if I want a minimalist bonsai style tree solid black or if I want to make it out of a honeycomb pattern, Will have to gather a focus group with the rest of the team and see what they say.

I stir once every other day, It dosent do a ton but it makes it when I move the carboy it wont foam over on me. I just started a blueberry and blackberry Mead and Im loving it so far, I smashed some blueberries in about an ounce of vodka and let it sit and added it to the must, got a very nice...

Me too! Im thinking a small black bonsai style tree on an oval lable with an offwhite background

Im starting to branch out into a lot of different kinds of mead with a few other guys that know what they are doing as well, We are looking to come up with a name for our meadery operation. We need something to put on a business card and hand out to potential partners for local honey and fruits...

Interesting, I found a natural spring a while back, it was up the mountain a way and I would always drink from it as a kid, the freshest best tasting water I've ever had. I still had some in a bottle and decided to send it to the college lab to get it tested to see what was in it and if it was...

haha thats awesome. I like Meader becasue the look on peoples face is pretty good

What do you call someone who makes mead? Its not a brewer right? Fermenter maybe? surely its not Meader. Been racking (lol) my brain all day trying to find the right phrase.

my previous post should have explained everything. I probably missed a few things but if you have any questions let me know. The Operating system is pretty much done, Just waiting on the sensors to get here and then get good at soldering real fast.

That is mostly incorrect, You can find good sensors pretty cheap, usually under $100. Brewing sensors are expensive but If you take a normal PH sensor and coat everything but the sensor, It will last a pretty long time. As for how far I'm going to go, I'm planning to develop BrewOS or MeadOS...