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Hey all. Ok, so I just cracked my first bottle of my first 5 gallon homebrew. I did a BSG Octoberfest extract kit with specialty grains. I was super careful with sanitation and I followed the directions to the letter. The only issue is my fermentation was probably like 4 degrees higher than...

Alright, so I just got off work and am about to go to sleep but I had a question. I suspect my 5 gallon peach mead may be stuck. I haven't taken a gravity reading yet. I was wondering if throwing in some raisins might help the yeasties get started again if it's stuck. I've added 18g of Fermaid...

Well, ladies and gents, it appears that I might have brewed my first dud batch. I started a blackberry mead and I racked it onto the blackberries today. I put four large berries into primary with raisins and cinnamon. I could taste strong raspberry-ness already and I must have gotten a couple...

So it appears to be time for me to rack my intended blackberry mead onto the berries. I have a bag of frozen blackberries. How long do I let them sit together in secondary? Is there anything I need to do to the berries before I rack? They are commercially packaged. Thanks all!

I started a gallon of mead tonight and thought I'd submit the recipe for your reading pleasure (or horror). 3# Kroger brand honey 1 tsp Kroger fast rise baker's yeast (Don't judge me on these first two, I'm poor) 5 bags Bigelow Earl Grey tea ~25 raisins Steeped the teabags in 2 cups...

Out of curiosity, I tasted a packet of suebee honey one of my coworkers got with her breakfast biscuit last week. I didn't like it. I was wondering if anybody had ever heard of a mead brewed with honey from those packets or if that would even work? It could be called Eau de Chickenbiscuit

Ok, here's the deal. I am operating on severely limited funds (student loans, huzzah!). I have blackberries. I have honey. I have yeast. What I don't have is a recipe. I realize there is a recipe section, but all the ones I found were for 3 gallons +. So. Here's my question for all you...

'lo all. I have a question I'm pretty sure I know the answer to but I wanted to ask more seasoned mead vets. I threw together an orange mapfelwein mead. There is a layer of lees forming on top of a layer of honey/syrup at the bottom of the carboy. My question is will the yeasties eventually...

Long story short: I ended up with lees in a couple of bottles and I don't want that. I racked to secondary, let it sit and clear, then bottled. I was wondering if you fine people had any tips or tricks to prevent bottling lees. I tried using a coffee filter, but that made the siphoning take...

I saw a recipe for Mapfelwein in the recipe database on here. It sounds derrishus. The only thing is...it's a 5 gallon recipe. I was wondering if any of you mead gurus could take a look and see if/how it would scale down to a 1 gallon batch. Also, is there a particular yeast I would use for that?

Well, I tasted my first mead Monday. It is very orangey, sweeter than I expected, and warms the belly on the way down. Not bad, considering I forgot all the spices for JAOM except the clove. Does the warming sensation to away with age? Will the sweetness lessen at all since the fermenting is...

Ok. Here's the deal. As some of you know, I am a noob mazer. I have a couple of empty Rossi gallon jugs I have yet to fill. One will soon be filled with JAOM when the fruit all sinks. I have no stoppers or airlocks. So I went to Lowe's and picked up some rubber chair leg tips. They fit...

Was checking on my inaugural batch of mead. I caught one of the orange peels mid-fall. Another day or so and I will take my very first taste of mead! Of course it will be a 2 month old taste where I made the mistake of peeling the rind away from the oranges, so I expect it to be pithy and...

I am about to start a second batch of mead. This time I plan to follow the JAOM recipe to the T...BUT...I found powdered cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice in the pantry. What proportions should I use of the spices? I know the powdered stuff will slightly complicate racking when the fruit drops...

Alrighty, my first mead is about to hit the 1 month mark. It is still bubbling but it isnt very active. Like, i can hear it bubbling if i listen close but the (admittedly ghetto rigged) airlock is not active. Its aquarium tubing thru the milk jug's lid and sealed with duct tape and the open...

I was adivised to use a legit airlock instead of a balloon over my inaugural gallon of mead. I looked into local home brewing stores and, wouldnt' you know it, the closest one is in atlanta. I am in middle georgia, roughly two hours away from there. So since there are no conveniently...

Sooo I started my first batch of JAOM (sort of) on 1/12 and have been lurking on here since. I notice that pretty much all of you are fans of the "shake the piss out of it" method of aerating the must, but I used an electric mixer. Will that do the job well enough? Either way, it has been...