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Just bottled my attempt at this recipe, abv at bottling was 17.1% had a taste and trust me it’s going to take more that a week to age this beast!!! Harsh as hell but the mint keeps taking you back for another sip!!

1 gallon mojito short mead OG 1.118 1 gallon Earl Grey short mead OG 1.090 Total 41.5?

I’m happy with all input and experience!!! I want no fisticuffs at dawn over difference of opinions!!! I just want to learn as much as I can!

Over thinking the issue???? Of course I am, I’m homebrewing!!!

I was thinking the same but too polite to mention!! I’m thinking of nutrients before pitching, degas for the the first couple of weeks and lots of crossing the fingers!!! It’s only going to be 2 one gallon batches so not loosing out too much if it goes tits up!!! (Uk expression)

Thank you all very much it’s so helpful!! But the problem is the more you learn - the less you know! So another query- what are these oils in earl grey and why are they bad for my mead?

Thanks!! Very helpful

So if I do use nutrients when’s best, before or after pitching? ( great advice so far!!! Thanks guys )

Just about to start making my first meads, and I have been doing my research on recipes on here and have become confused upon the subject of yeast nutrients. Some recipes have them and some don’t, also those that do, some put them in before the yeast and others a few days after!! Which is...

Well done that man!! No such thing as a bad batch, just lack of imagination!!

Oktoberfest

46, 10 gallons a month, no friends!!

I call it witchcraft! Hubble bubble boil and trouble

I was worried about the same problem but it turned out to be the seal. The lid is bowed under the pressure of the co2 so I was happy to leave it and it turned out fine. I’ll eventually invest in a better quality fermentation tub but for now I’ll keep using it

5 gallons American IPA 517+5=522

I’m quite new too and I picked a double IPA as my first brew and didn’t regret it! Even though the kit said to ferment for 7 days I fermented for 9 and conditioned it in the bottles for 4 weeks instead of 2. The patience was worth while as it was a cracking pint!!

5 gallons of Oktoberfest fermenting as I type

I use carb drops, muntons or crafty fox. You get the exact amount of sugar in your bottle for carbonation. It’s a fail safe for newbie brewers like myself!