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Well, it's starting to get into the 110's in Arizona and most A/C units can cool to about -30 degrees of what the outside temps are. So, when it starts hitting 120, the best I can hope inside is 90 degrees. So, is there a mead that will ferment well at that temp or should I take a break until...

As of this next Saturday the 19th of May, I'll be starting my 12th mead. I'm at the point now where I'm making adjustments and fine tuning the recipes to get them just the way I think they should be. I'm also considering that I might want to enter them for competition. What I'm looking for is...

Bottled my Mesquite Mead this afternoon. Has a nice mesquite flavor with a hint of sweetness. Now, to leave it alone to let it age for another couple of months.

I know that it's not ever summer but if I'm going to have a special mead for the holidays, I need to start it now. My family makes a cranberry sauce with ginger and dried apricots that I love not only for the texture for also the flavor. I'm thinking of recreating this as a mead. But, I've never...

I've been browsing the forum looking for a good coffee mead recipe. What I've been finding is not much flavor or worse. I did see someone posted a knockoff of Kahula which had positive reviews and was considering looking at that in a mead. My idea is clover honey in primary. Into the secondary...

I picked up a half gallon of mesquite honey from a local grove and made a mesquite mead out of it. Of course, I had some left over so we were all eating on it with biscuits and toast. My wife started developing a rash around her lips and went to the doctor. Found out that she's allergic to...

Started my first Bochet this morning. Used some leftover mesquite honey and wildflower honey about #3.5 total. Smells like carmel corn now.

Finished bottling my first mead. It's a cherry melomel and tastes delicious. I'm going to age it for a few months before I open one of the bottles.

I live in Arizona and as fall comes into the state, we start thinking about our citrus. I live just down the street from an orange grove and was thinking about making a mead from Blood Oranges. The ones around are a bit tart, a mix between a Ruby Grapefruit and an Orange. I have until...

Ok, I've been away from brewing for a while and started back up and decided to try my hand a mead. Specifically, I'm going to try a cherry mead. Just purchased a 1 gal carboy and some wine yeast along with a new airlock for the carboy. I've made hundreds of beers but this will my my first try at...

I just got an email saying that I haven't checked in for a while and thought I'd let it be know that I'm still alive and brewing. In fact, I'm planning on brewing a batch of Hefy this weekend. But, as those of you that know me, I have a love of flying as well. Needless to say, it eats into my...

I've been brewing for a while and have had good luck with some stouts, ales, and ciders. I'd like to try my hand with mead. I've had a plain mead and a prickly pear and really likes both. Any recommendations on an easy mead recipe for me to start with? I know the easy is a relative term in...

As some of you may know, I'm a pilot. I'm also building a light sport aircraft. That said, I'm looking for a motor to power it. I went to some experimental aircraft forums and I keep running into people that want to throw cash to the wind. I get advice to buy a Lycoming for $30k or a Rotax for...

I know this isn't a beer question but I don't know where to put it. About a year ago, a bill was introduced to make distilling legal. Has anyone heard what happened to this?

I've had a bad run of jobs this year. Was laid off in Feb. from American Student Loans when congress screwed over the student loan program to pay for the war. So I got a job right away programming for Phoenix Elementary. When the new budget rolled out, it looked like I'd lose that job in July. I...

I bottled up some Hefy on mid March and put them in the dining area of our appartment covered with a blanet to prevent light exposure. This last weekend, I'm sitting in the bedroom when I hear what sounds like someone dropped a glass in the kitchen. I run out there and can smell the beer right...

I'm going to make an Imperial Stout and have never made one before. I usually let my Hefy and Kolsch go for about 10-14 days before I bottle it. But the stout will have a higher gravity then both of those. How long should I let it sit? Would 21-28 day work or do I need to let it sit longer. I...

I just made a home brew convert. I've only been brewing sence April and gave a bottle of some Kolsch to get an opinion on the taste. He tolk me the at first he went at it like he would a bud then had to stop because he realized the flavors were much more complex. He loved it so much, he went out...

I've heard from friends that make their own wine that they have a bottling party when it's time to bottle the wine. They serve wine, cheese, bread, etc. I was thinking about doing the same thing when I bottle my beer. But I've never done one before. Any ideas about how to do it? Has anyone else...

I've seen too many posts like this on this site and many others. But it seems time to add my own landlord woes now. On Tuesday, we go a letter from the landlord saying that our appartment was not meeting health standards and we had 5 days to clean it up or we were going to get evicted...