mead

I have some strange slime like substance in my homebrew mead that sometimes rises from the yeast sediment at the bottom. Sometimes, the slime brings some of the sediment up with it and some of the slime stays at the top. Is this an infection or anything else I should worry about? Would my mead...

Pictures here: This is an experimental recipe I tried out last month. I'm still pretty new to meadmaking so feel free to give me any advice on how to improve this recipe. I must say, out of the few recipes I've made so far, this is my favorite. I made a mistake while bottling so there is a...

This is my first go at an acerglyn, and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts. I thought it would be fun to do kind of a sweet/savory thing. Instead of using water, I'm using Cold Brew Coffee. I want to get kind of a breakfast feel, so I'm doing the coffee, some black pepper corns, some...

Hi Everyone, I made up a five gallon batch of mead with blueberry and vanilla about 25 months. That's right, 25 months! I racked it once off the sediment, and it has been sitting in my basement with a airlock for all this time. I have tried to add liquid to the airlock consistently, but it has...

Hi there! I've got a very beginner's question for everyone. I'm just getting into brewing and I am about to start my first batch of mead. I just want to make sure I have everything I need in terms of yeast. I have bought a pack of Mangrove Jack's M05 mead yeast. In my research I've seen it's...

Hi Everybody, I understand that adding Potassium Metabisulfite at bottling will help with anti-oxidation and preserving your wine longer. I have some questions related to this: 1) It seems counter-intuitive to add K-Meta to my carboy then bottle immediately. Wouldn't that cause a build-up of...

I made a mead, used 15lb of wildflower honey. I am not sure if it's pasteurized, it probably is, but it didn't say anything about it on the label. I didn't boil or heated the must. Used D47 yeast plus tosna nutrient additions. The mead fermented for about 1 1/2 month and is pretty dry, tastes...

Hi all, I'm planning on brewing my first batch of mead (with strawberries). I would love if it could be sparkling mead, but I have a couple of questions: 1. From what I've read, one must be careful about the type of bottle used for bottling. Does anybody know if a flip-top Grolsch beer bottle...

I made 5 gallons of blueberry mead. After the third rack, I made 4 bottles, (all I had) and left the rest in one gallon containers in the refrigerator. I shared a bottle with some friends, but it had changed. It was yeasty as heck. The jugs in the fridge were fine. They were all from the...

I recently started trying to brew mead (June 2nd), I used 3 flasks of water (0,75l), into which I gave 165g/~0.35 pounds of honey each, as well as 6-8 raspberries, and added some common bakers yeast (just to give it a try before I move on to better yeasts). It started bubbling an hour after I...

First batch, is it infected? The white on the left side is camera flash. Was in primary from April 1st to May 24th, it has been in secondary since. The bubbles started popping up after putting it into secondary, not exactly sure when specifically however. I did a tasting of it when putting it...

I have made one mead so far, JAOM. In an effort to unlearn the things I assumed to be true when making this mead I am now looking to do a traditional in order to learner the proper techniques of mead-making. I have a bag of Yeast Energizer from my LHBS, I use it sparingly in my beer brewing...

I'm currently working on a 1 gallon cherry Mead, although I'm doubting myself on the ingredients I have used. Instead of water and cherries, I used a gallon of tart cherry juice. Any thoughts on what this could do to the final product?

Let me start with I'm new to this BUT I love mead. I also love video games and I have been looking for a solid recipe that could mimic the Blackbriar mead from skyrim. Let me also preface this with there is no actual recipe in the game or released outside of the game this is all my doing. So I...

hey guys i'm new to brewing and i am just finishing up my first elderberry wine in memory of my grandpa, and i had an interesting idea for my next project. So once a week my friends and i get together and play d&d. In one of our sessions my character was the last person standing to going head...

This batch of mead is only 1 day old but seems to have a big bubble in the middle with, I hope, krausen on it. I have made mead before but have not gotten this before. A big bubble seems to form and then pop and form again and again. I do not notice any bad smell either. Also I am using WLP 570...

Hello, I have just started my first must going and have been reading all sorts of helpful information, but have a few questions about this adventure. I started my must on Sunday, 04/08/18, and it has been bubbling up nicely. Had to clean up and re-sanitize my airlock after a couple foam-overs...

Hello, I have recently started making mead because of the mead BOMM recipe due to the quick turn around time, however I was not successful in this endeavor and cannot figure out why. I have come here seeking the assistance on the issue in hopes of getting it resolved. Here is the link to the...

Hey Gang! Just wanted to let you all know that I've converted my Meadology YouTube series into Book. And Meadology is now available via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BRQP29P/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Meadology is mostly geared towards the beginner/intermediate folk who are looking...

Hi all! I have a few questions I was hoping someone might help me with. I just made my first batch of mead and prior to this I have never brewed anything. I made 5 Gallons of straight honey mead: 15 lbs of raw honey (Guesstimation on weight) No heat method (I did not have a thermostat though so...