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It's what came with my kit. What's the downside of the extra headspace here?

Ok. I had heard about "newer" methods, but was under the impression that just meant the no-heat method for honey, which is described in his book (it's what I did). No worries though, I haven't bottled yet, so I can age in bulk.

So I've re-read Schramm's guide on mead a half-dozen times. He says to "wait until the mead clears in the carboy and fermentation has stopped for two weeks". For some reason I had interpreted "clearing" in that case to mean the stoppage of fermentation. I had always assumed the mead cleared (in...

Man! Did you drill it out or just use brute force? :confused:

That's what I thought, but this was a wine/mead kit, so I was second guessing myself. I'll likely buy one of the rubber stoppers for use with the airlock while it clears. Thanks though. Actually had nightmares I ruined the batch...

Went ahead and racked last night. Specific gravity was between 1.001 and 1.000 when I took the measurement. Took a sip, very sweet and boozy, but good flavor. (Pic below) How long should I expect to wait for it to clear before bottling?

Went to rack my first batch last night into a better bottle. My kit came with an orange cap. I had assumed my airlock would fit into one of the two nozzles, but that wasn't the case. As a fix, I use a my stopper to connect the two. This can't be the correct method. Have also not seen any...

Picked one up this weekend! What's the best way I should go about getting the mead from the fermenter into the test tube so I can use the refractometer? Considered using a hose/racking cane setup. But seems like there might be an easier way I'm not thinking of...

My first batch has been fermenting for a little over two weeks. I'm using the orange blossom recipe from "The Complete Meadmaker". It says to rack after 2-weeks. However it still seems to be fermenting at a pretty high rate. I'm getting bubbles in the airlock every 7-8 seconds. I've read...

I actually ended up going with another site I found (eBeeHoney). Good information on the site about their honey. They offer both filtered and slightly heated, as well as raw honey. I went with the filtered/heated since this will be my first batch. I've read about having to deal with excessive...

Brewing my first batch, and I'm looking to use a simple recipe that calls for orange blossom honey (15lbs). I'm also in Texas, and haven't been able to find a local producer that has taken their bees near an orange blossom, so I'm looking to buy online. Here are the sources I've found so far...