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I decided to make a mead today. I bought 12 lbs of keez beez honey. Which I get directly from the bee keeper. The honey is sold by 6 lbs in 1/2 gallon carboys. So its 12 lbs (1 gallon) that i bought to use. Normally i expect to have a gravity of 1.08 - 1.09. This time I bought "Citrus Honey"...

I've seen some threads about pasteurizing in bottles. Is there any reason you couldn't pasteurizing in a pot then (after its cooled) racking into sanitized bottles?

I was reading in another thread. And someone mentioned that turbo east can create poisonous alcohols. This is the quote: Here is a link to the thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=180215 Now I'm concerned about using it. i don't plan to distill. I'm ok with it...

For those who filter their wine/mead/cider. What system do you use? I was looking at http://www.eckraus.com/pressurized-wine-filter.html. But I haven't seen it anywhere else. Has anyone used it? Are there any reasons I should avoid that system? Also I've seen people use...

So I'm aging my mead with oak for the first time. I'm using a light toast french oak infusion spiral. To begin with my mead was pretty clear (I added sparkolloid and racked it). The oak has turned it dark and hazy. Is this normal? I expected some change in color but not so much and not for it to...

Hey, I've been thinking about using lactose or xylitol to back sweeten my meads. How is this generally done. I mean how do you blend it with the mead? Is it the same as with sugar? Boil in water and then mix into mead? How much water?

How accurate are the tolerance levels of different yeasts? For example Lavlin D47 is supposed to have a tolerance if 14%. Does that mean that 100 % of the time it will not ferment beyond 14% alcohol? Also what happens at 14%. Does it kill the yeast? Or does the yeast simple stop fermenting...

I ran across this article: http://www.happyherbalist.com/bottlingtips.aspx Has anyone tried adding calcium to carbonate their kombucha prior to bottling? Its described in this paragraph of the above article: Has anyone tried this with other fermented drinks such as cider/mead/beer? I'm...