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So, fate aligned and just as I racked some Elderflower mead off my wife decided that we had a gallon of grape juice that she wanted to get rid of. An unfortunate incident between a toddler and a carpet, don't ask... So, I have some yeasty slurry, and some very fermentable juice that was just...

I had been considering getting a stir plate in order to agitate my mead. Then my inner MacGyver took over and I found a good solution. https://www.dropbox.com/s/66mhqtymdnfannp/2016-04-07%2010.22.08.mov?dl=0

Hi all, looking for some fining agent advice. I have never used a fining agents before, but I have some mead that just won't clear. It is four gallons, mixed honey sources with some chamomile and lemon. It has been done fermenting for over a year. I just added sparkaloid because I was ready...

About three months ago I bottled some chamomile mead. It was 1.020 when the yeast pooped out, and the tea bags had been left in too long and it was overpowering. Normally, I've found that with really strong flavors that a little extra sweatiness can help balance the mead. In this case the...

I've got a cyser going right now that will probably resemble a cider more because I did't put too much honey it in (three gallons, only four pounds of honey). Started at a 1.080 gravity five days ago, today it is at 1.028. Nice drop. I want some residual sugars, aiming for a FG in the area...

An interesting debunking of the "honey is not real honey" threads that some people are obsessed with. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/25/142659547/relax-folks-it-really-is-honey-after-all

I'm sitting at my computer, working on a class for my MBA, drinking a glass of mead (bochette). It is oh so fricking smooth, full bodied, smokey, and warm. My class sucks (HR) but drinking a glass of mead while I slog through it makes it easier. May the people of this forum, who taught me...

Be warned, it will happen to you at some point... I just opened a tester bottle of my acerglyn and I am disappointed. It is dry, with maple undertones, and not much else. I used a cheaper honey (probably costco, but I don't remember for sure), and I think I am missing all the depth that...

So this question goes out to some of the veteran mead makers out there. How do you find yourself choosing the meads you make. Do you often remake the same recipes that you loved the first time, or are you more likely to try something new? Especially after participating in this forum, I'm...

How do you handle aging when you want to give some one a bottle of your mead? Do you age it yourself and then give it? Do you give it with instructions that the longer they wait the more they will enjoy it? What if you don't think you'll see the person any time soon or near when the mead is...

I have a six month old cyser that has been aging away. I bottled some small single glass bottles as testers. I've opened one each month since November. The first one was not ready, but you could tell there was promise there. The last one was much the same. I just opened another tonight and...

So, I'm cheap. And also lazy. My wife likes Barefoot Mascato and I found they have it in 187ml screw top bottles. I've been saving them up and plan to use them for bottling testers/single servings of my mead as my mead is ready. These bottles are free, easy to fill and cap, and the perfect...

Power is out here, so good reason to break open a tester bottle of mead, eh? I thought this was a bottle of my cyser that finished semi-dry/semi-sweet. Nope. This was a very sweet, dessert wine-ish bottle that was thick with residual honey. I had a tester of the cyser two months ago, it was...

I have a bochet that seems to be stalled and I could use some help. Stats below Started: 11-18-12 Yeast: EC-11118 SG: 1.170 (yeah, I know REALLY high) Volume: 1 US gallon Just added 5lbs costco honey burnt to black and 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient. Added a second yeast packet after one...

So I'm working on my first attempt to cold crash. Right now my mead is in the refrigerator, but I don't think the temps get into the 40's that I've seen people talk about as optimal for cold crashing. Is there a downside to cold crashing in the freezer? I know that the water and alcohol will...

Have a lovely jar of desert mesquite honey from trader joes that I'm itching to start something brewing. It's 3 pounds so I'll be doing a one gallon batch. Any suggestions on a great recipe for this kind of honey? Right now I have a spiced cycer, and an acerglyn going. I've never used...