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anyone know if BK is still around? I havent been for awhile and his inbox is full.

Ok so Im gonna post a pdf presentation with a method, recipe, and schedule of how to make a legitimate quick mead. think total time start to drink in 3 months or less. The big thing with this is you need real KOH which tends to be controlled as it is a nasty basic substance...

Ok so it seems like more and more often I see a post with a title similar to "Help did I ruin my mead?" And in said threads often it says I made this mead last night, two days ago, etc., I understand that this may be an issue with the beer variety of beverage making but with mead a fermentation...

In my triple style I somehow produced smoky tones. No wood was used, wasnt smoking anything when making the wort. The recipe can be found in the mead section. Anyway does anyone have a possible explanation as to where these smoky tones came from? Thanks

Idea: 21lbs Basswodd/Sweet Clover honey ~7lbs strawberrys-pureed ~3-4lbs rhubarb, just stick the stalks in there nutrient energizer 3-5 sticks real cinnamon, crushed 2-3 Vanilla beans water to 6gallons, ~4gallons note, fruit is purely for flavor not additional sugar, cinnamon will...

Ok so we finally got off our posteriors tonight and started these 2 braggots. The "beer" portion of each is the same and was made in an 11 gallon batch with 5 actually destined to become beer, 3 for the triple and 3 for the lambic. The recipe is as follows for the entire 11gallons 23.75lbs of...

Just an easy leftover idea needed: couple lbs leftover pulled pork lime juice chili flakes cumin mexican beer water Just place pork in a crock pot/slow cooker, add lime juice, chili flakes, and cumin to taste. cover with equal parts beer and water, I used Modelo Negro and heat it...

This is a braggot recipe devised all on my own without my AG half's input so if Im way off base let me know. 4.5# Caraaroma (130.0 SRM) 3# 2 Row (2.0 SRM) 1# Carafa I (337.0 SRM) 1oz Vanguard dry hopping 21 days 1oz Chinook @30min 16# Honey, probably a sweet clover/basswood honey added...

New recipe, another braggot devised all on my own without my AG half's input so if Im way off base let me know. 4.5# Caraaroma (130.0 SRM) 3# 2 Row (2.0 SRM) 1# Carafa I (337.0 SRM) 1oz Vanguard dry hopping 21 days 1oz Chinook @30min 16# Honey, probably a sweet clover/basswood honey...

Ok now that I have you attention, Bigkahuna included I hope. I want to do a mead with a belgian whit take. The one thing I dont want to use is hops because well they cost to dam@ much right now (unless someone wants to mail me some fresh ones, but i dont see that as likely). I was thinking...

Just wanted to share a picture of my current batch, from left to right 5 gallons holiday spica methelgin: 12 allspice berries, 6 cinnamon sticks, 3 vanilla beans, 3lbs soybean/alfalfa/clover honey, 8 lbs goldenrod honey, Red Star Cote Des Blanc 5.5 gallons grapefruit melomel: 21 lbs...

What is the best way to add citrus to a mead? Should I cut up and rack on top like in JOAM, or use the rind? Im looking to goto secondary this weekend with the citrus addition and all help will be greatly appreciated.:fro:

I have a 5 gallon batch that had an OG of 1.139 on Jan 30, tonight March 4 I took a reading of 1.060, the batch had 19lbs of honey and was bitched with EC-1118 yeast, did i manage to beat the yeast or should I repitch. Im really not in a hurry with this since Im waiting for cherry season anyway.

Currently I have: 6 gallon goldenrod 5 gallon allspice berry and cinnamon 6 gallon cherry melomel 6 gallon grapefruit melomel 6 gallon peach melomel with possible vanilla my plan is for anything with fruit to rack on top of the fruit in secondary. I currently have 7lb or grapefruit and...

So does anyone know of a program for linux that is the same idea as qbrew for designed for mead and wine? Im open to windows based programs as well but after honey and all im looking for free programs. And for anyone who remembers my goldenrod based mead, its been bottled for about 3 weeks...

Ahhhhhhh, so i tried to kill a fermentation with potassium sorbate and metabisulfite (please dont crucify me), also I left it outside in about 12 deg F cold for about 10 hours and the fermentation wont quit, WTF? I used 5 gallons of Schnuks apple juice, pasturized no additives from...

First Im planning my next round of mead making, Im planning a 5 gallon batch of JAOM, a 6 gallon batch of my goldenrod recipe (12lb goldenrod honey, 4lbs clover, sweet mead yeast 4.5 gallon H2O), a 6 gallon batch of Blackberry Melomel with clover honey, and a 6 gallon batch of Ginger and...

My roommate suggested crash cooling my mead to get all the yeast to fall out of suspension. Is this possible or is this even advisable?:ban:

Ingredients: 12lbs Goldenrod Honey 4lbs Clover Honey 4.5 Gallons Water Wyeast Sweet Mead 5tsp Yeast energizer At day 24 of primary fermentation the gravity was 1.052 and a few days later it was the same so im looking at about 12.5%ABV, yay hit my target. Goldenrod honey gives a nice...

I just got into making mead, I have my first 2 about a month from bottles, hopefully. Also my roommate has been brewing beer for over a year. Anyway, I want to make a hard cider but I want it to still taste like apple cider when Im done, my roommate tried one with 5 gallons of cider and I...