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Alright I'm back, I never thought about it but now. I'm not sure if I know at what temperature to ferment the mead, I keep it on the ground floor of my house which averages about 65 deg all the time, a little warmer a little cooler, I was wondering if I shoud put it downstairs for the second...

Hey my name is Maxwell, I signed up a while back and have been reading the forums a lot and within the last month I've decided to make my own batch of mead. Just a little one, One gallon, I didnt want to get into anything too crazy. With this new adventure I decided to write a blog about my...

I was told a while back to use 1 step, does this work as good as K meta?

Ahh gotcha, I'll have to get one of those pretty soon. what happens if I leave it in primary too long.

Thanks bud. Do I just wait u till it stops bubbling to put it into secondary or when should I re rack it I to secondary

Alright, well I started my first batch of mead on the 9th it's now the 15th and in the 6 days that it's been fermenting, it's changed colors. It was a deep brown when I started like honey color but now its turned a lighter brown and got cloudier, it's almost an orange color. Im not sure if this...

Ive got lemon juice should I add that? I can't really go to the store unless I wanted to hike half way across the city in the snow. Some say that the spices that I added would help in fermentation some said to add into secondary, I really like clove so hopefully it's a really strong clove...

Alright, so I started my first gallon of mead yesterday following these instructions and after doing a little looking around someone told me to keep adding yeast energizer and nutrients for the next 3 days, how critical is this, some people tell me to and others say not to. Also, I was told to...

3 lbs honey to 1 gallon?

Would you recommend 2:1? I want it to be sweet but I also want it to be able to be consumed without the sweetness ruining it

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I think that 3:1 honey water is not unreasonable for sweetness. Also I was thinking about putting some vanilla beans and a wood spiral for kind of earthy oaky taste. How many vanilla beans should I use?

I've been looking for a Mead Recipe for quite a while now and I can't seem to find any that fit what I'm looking for. I'm looking for a Sweet but strong Mead with wood or earthy tones as well as a little bit of clove, I would like an easy recipe as this will be my first time trying it and...