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Thanks for the tip. I’ll mix it a bit this evening.

I added some energizer at the beginning. Still extremely new to the hobby so my plan is to let it age for a few weeks then bottle, and age most for the summer. This is what it looks like today.

Smells really good, like maple and honey. I used 71B yeast. Just started it so don’t know what it will look like in a few says.

Decided to try my hand at making a Maple Mead (acerglyn?). 1 gallon batch, using approx 2/3 of a litre of Maple syrup and about 1kg of wildflower honey that just arrived. Added about 1-1/2 cup of strong Earl Gray tea, yeast and energizer. S.G Is 1.10 on the dot. Fingers crossed.

Sorry, 1.16, it was about 1 measure past 1.5 which is the max on my hydrometer

That sounds really good, just got 3kg of wildflower honey and 2 litres of maple syrup. I think I may try that as well. did a gravity on my latest (buckwheat & lingonberry concentrate) as my son smashed my hydrometer yesterday and the dang thing almost jumped out of my cylinder, gravity is...

Did this with coconut water / buckwheat honey, worked really well IMO.

Sure, I’m really new to this so don’t expect much. For 1 gallon, I used aprox 1.5 kg of Dutchman gold Buckwheat honey, 2 litres of coconut water (organic) from my health food store. I topped the carboy off with spring water and added the 71B (1/2 a package). Then I simply mixed and waited. I...

Just bottled the buckwheat / coconut water mead that I started on Feb 7th. Thing went crazy for the first 2 weeks then was at 1.000 by the start of March. Let it sit for 1 week and bottled on March 14th. I bought the Buckwheat honey before knowing it’s reputation in brewing. Anyway, tried...

The light is my first shot at mead, store bought organic honey, water, yeast and raisins for tanning. Tastes like white wine without the tang. Purpley one is a cider I tried making at the same time. Honey, Apple juice, raisins, dried blueberries and yeast. It was ok. About to bottle my...

I pulled some copper wire from an old vacuum that my 10 year old son was destroying and put it in overnight. Next morning all smell was gone and it smells drinkable. Going to bottle tomorrow

I’m trying to make a cider, I started it on Feb 7th, pretty simple, organic apple juice (3 gal) 1kg brown sugar, 3cinnamon sticks and k1-yeast. The problem is I keep getting a sulphide smell on it. I added nutrient which helped for a while but the stench returned. Any tips on what I can do to...

Did not realize I was posting on a different thread, find this forum confusing, apologies if I offended anyone.

Really new to this, ended up buying 3kg of buckwheat honey to make a mead. When tasting it I thought coconut may go with the chocolate notes. Hope I did not make a dud. 2litres coconut water, 1.5kg buckwheat honey, topped off with about 1litre spring water. 71b yeast, starting gravity of 1.080