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I did enjoy... hope bumping these old threads doesn't get me in trouble! The mead bumps have to be justified seeing as it's a long process. :P

reviving another old thread... I used this yeast in my first batch of mead (almost a week old)... I will post up how it turns out... you just have to give me 6 months or a year... according to this, http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/twelve-gallons-of-mead-continued.htm, cote des blancs appears...

I don't know much about the yeasts for mead/wine yet... your decision caused me to run across this: http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/twelve-gallons-of-mead-continued.htm as well as some other good threads... I didn't rehydrate my yeast either since I was adding all 5 grams to 1 gallon...

Thanks for the feedback... here is my logic.. Palisade are about 8.5% alpha acid... using only 1/8 oz I don't think will contribute too much bitterness. esp since they were not boiling and only in the wort for a short time 15ish minutes? you have to boil an hour to extract the majority of the...

^sounds good. I'm really stoked and only 5 days in on my first batch... going to start a batch w/ only sourwood (1 gallon), and if things go well I will start my 5 gallon batch. This first batch is mostly the "blueridge mountain" raw honey.

Sounds good. I found a place I can get 3lbs for about 8 bucks... Guess I will get some more... I have 12lbs of orange blossom on hand as well. Does sourwood need more or less age compared to other light honeys? Probably just the same, eh? not that I know anything about it anyway... my first...

so? just racked my first mead and used a little sourwood. more details:

Good deal.. I was getting nervous... brewing my first batch of mead (1 gallon) and the air lock is going nuts, but no foam like all my beers... I had some unfiltered honey in this, but mostly filtered..., saving 12 nice pounds of unfiltered for a full size batch after I get the hang of mead...

maybe aerobic bacteria could thrive with all the extra oxygen? sorry to revive an old thread... this site seems to approve of h202... I have used bleach, sans, and iodophor... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Cleaning_and_Sanitation