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Still waiting haha

I'm sure you're probably set on braggot, and because I've never made a braggot I don't know if it would be wise or not at this point. If your mead is really dry you could always consider backsweetening though.

I actually have a batch of Raspberry Melomel in primary right now using EC1118 . . it fermented up to 12% in about 8-9 days and its starting to taste a bit like cherry cough syrup :(. Is that normal? I know I will most likely need to backsweeten because its still fermenting at a decent rate ...

@sheepcat That sounds like a great idea, I wonder if I could use that to somehow reduce the bitterness from the pith of the orange. I don't think I will touch the raspberry though but the pith bitterness in the orange is still slightly concerning (I'm just going to rack out as soon as...

@bernardsmith Just did a hydrometer reading with my wine thief on the two batches. The Raspberry batch is at an estimated 9.13% abv so far while the Orange is estimated at about 3.93% . .as for sampling taste, I feel the raspberry is coming along quite nicely while the orange isn't bad...

I'm a beginner .. but here's to hoping! Orange Spice Mead and Raspberry Mead - pitched 5 days ago

I'm pretty new as well, but if I had to guess I would say that your gravity is now well below 1.000 and causing the hydrometer to plummet to the bottom of the test tube - but that is me just guessing. How does the booze taste? What was your SG? I recently pitched two separate 5 gallon batches...

@bernardsmith You are correct on not stirring with the JAOM recipe, and I have not touched mine either, I have in fact been degassing my raspberry though. I will certainly keep you updated on the progression to the outcome as well as the outcome itself. Tomorrow evening will be 5 days since I...

@bernardsmith I appreciate the tips and advice, I guess I am just going to have to wait a little while and see how things turn out before I make my choices, although I will definatly rack off of the oranges when I go to secondary and see how bitter/sweet the batch tastes at that point...

@bernardsmith What would be the consequence of not adding the nutrient? Could I control ABV some by not adding nutrient? The Orange and Raspberry both are in vigorous fermentation right now but the Raspberry is fermenting faster. I can already tell the Orange is going to be bitter too, I...

@bernardsmith So basically its going to turn out however it wants at this point in time. . The determination is based off the type of yeast I pitched + the OG reading. I was kind of hoping I could of prevented it from becoming too strong when I realized that bread yeast will not take the ABV...

I wasn't doing staggered nutrient addition. Although I did give nutrient when I pitched the yeast. The forum has a recipe section right? Il have to check it out and share my recipes (Unless you want to see them here :) ). I suppose I ought to start degassing now, primary fermentation has...

Hell Marion? I'm not too far away :). Too bad I'm new to this also and wouldn't have any significant advice. Good luck!

Currently I'm sitting on two batches in primary, Raspberry Mead and JAOM .. I started them yesterday! (12/11/14) Just a couple questions I have for you guys that are very experienced (I am very new to this) A) I started my Raspberry Mead in a fermenting bucket rather than a 5 gallon carboy for...