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Thanks, I'll get some of the dry malt extract, and mix either table sugar or honey with it depending on what flavour I'm going for. Honey is $10/kg where as brew enhancer is $20/500g

Hello, I was going to try out one of the Coopers extracts, but the brew enhancer they tell you to get with it is fairly expensive. I was thinking using either honey or corn syrup to bring the gravity up with the extract might be alright, but I am unsure. Has anyone else given this a try?

So I found some beechwood honey(only 325g) and was wondering what would be better to mix with it for a one gallon batch of mead, blueberry or raspberry blossom honey?

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Never tried it, but I'd like to know how it turns out.

The yeast might not even start fermenting with such a large amount of sugar present, you might want to use sugar breaks. Some yeasts can go up to 22% ABV if you are really careful about your nutrients, temerature, etc. I don't think you're going to go higher than that without distilling it.

I'd give it a shake and wait another 24 hours. If it doesn't start up by then, I'd add new yeast. My 5 gallon batches always take 24+ hours before they show signs of fermentation. You might want to wait for someone else to weigh in though, as I'm no professional. Good luck!

Yeah, I'm thinking that I'll give the whole pot a bath in some hot water in the sink.

Thanks for the great advice, I appreciate it. You've answered pretty much all my questions. Just one last thing, should I leave the hops in for the fermentation or filter them out?

I've made a raspberry melomel and it cleared in a month as well. Though I added them in primary.

Thanks for replying! I didn't plan on actually burning the honey, I had just heard that term used in some youtube videos. As for yeast, I'm going to use ale yeast mostly because I'm curious as to what it will make of the honey. My goal isn't to make a braggot (though I'd like to in the near...

Has anybody ever tried to burn their honey a bit (like when making a brochet) and brew a beer-ish thing with it using hops and beer yeast? If so how did it go? If not how do you think it will go?

5 Gallons of Session Mead. 63 Gallons

2 gallons of Raspberry Melomel 1 gallon of Pear Melomel So 36.5? I also plan to make another 2 gallons of traditional very soon!

Thanks guys, I know it won't make the best mead. I think I might want to add another Kilogram of honey, I just prefer a dry mead. I definitely want to try to make a Bochet, I am glad that I don't have to buy expensive honey for that. But it was great to have your guys' input, Thanks.

So I have been thinking about making the following mead: 4kg Cheap GV Honey 2kg Raw Wildflower Honey Champagne Yeast Yeast Nutrient Topped up with water Do you think this will make a good mead? Or will it be too flavorless?