mead

Hello all. After a first brew that I am sure is a disaster for now, 10 days into the fermentation it has been acting very erratic. I have identified many of the things I did wrong. So here is my second go. Components: Lalvin 71b, Blueberry blossom honey and clover honey respectively...

Hello all. After a first brew that I am sure is a disaster for now, 10 days into the fermentation it has been acting very irratic. I have identified many of the things i did wrong. So here is my second go. Also i will highlight my questions in bold. Today I will be brewing 2..... YES THAT'S...

As can be expected from a total Newbie and a first time Mead maker I am trying to wrap my head around it all. My query is in 2 separate and arguably unrelated parts. Part 1 I ordered my first mead making kit from CraftABrew. It comes with Lavalin d42 and some yeast nutrient. The recipe calls...

Opa pessoal! Eu reparei um fenômeno engraçado nos meus experimentos com hidromel. Notei que quando eu faço um hidromel "purinho", só água e mel, o mosto fica bastante turvo mesmo com o fim da fermentação. Se eu não quiser esperar meses para decantar tudo, preciso usar bentonita para clarear...

Olá pessoal! Primeiramente, desculpem se não pode postar sobre hidromel aqui. Vejo que mais se fala em cerveja no fórum brasileiro, apesar do internacional ter de tudo. Anos atrás eu fiz um hidromel "tradicional" e coloquei um pouco de erva mate tostada seca (chá mate Leão) em uma garrafa já...

i'm making mead for the first time and i just went to rack it and realized the airlock wasn't tightly sealed, there were some gaps around where it was placed into the cap. i tasted it and it tastes really good actually, but i'm wondering if it's safe to drink? it's been fermenting a couple...

Hey all, first post here. I’m brewing my first ever batch of mead with a kit I ordered. I wanted to know a couple of things, 1: there’s this brown stuff around the neck of the bottle, is this yeast or did I possibly improperly sanitize the bottle and it’s something else? 2:is a kind of egg smell...

I am brand spanking new to home brewing! Enjoying all the threads I'm reading here. Trying 2 different batches at the same time for my first time. I just ordered 1 kg(2.2 lbs) of raw unpasteurized honey and 2 kg(4.4 lbs) of unpasteurized wildflower honey. Planning to make an orange and blueberry...

Like the title says! Had a buddy buy some top notch cider from a farm in Maryland and found some orange blossom honey at a farmers market. Making a 1.5 gal batch with a starting gravity of 1.07 and used Lalvin 71b for the yeast. Going to use the TOSNA 2.0 calculator for nutrients (.9g of...

I'm curious... what's the longest you've had a Mead continue in fermentation (total time primary and secondary)?

Hi all, I decided to make my first mead batch yesterday night. I will start by saying I decided on making a strawberry-pineapple mead, and I wanted this batch to be a sweet mead. The whole thing may have been a bit more advanced than I was ready for, and I made what was probably a few rookie...

Hello, I will soon be embarking on my first mead adventure. I've put together an equipment/ingredient list as well as some calculations in this google sheet. If an experienced mead master could take a look and check it over I would greatly appreciate it. I'm also wondering what the correct...

What does it mean to aerate? Does it mean to open the container or to stir? If it’s stir then how gently? I’m following a mead recipe and it calls for aeration

Curious of calories in mead that is made with 15 lbs honey for 5 gallons total batch. So how much calories would be in a cup? Or any measurement for that matter?

Hello all, When do I add the campden tablets to my newly racked mead of 5 gallons. I also have potassium sorbate but I think I’m supposed to add it when I bottle it. I also have clarification liquids called super-kleer kc finings. So when do I add the 3 of these items? Campden first, then...

I just wanted some opinions on my first batch (strawberry mead). Is it cloudy? i should wait and see if it gets more clear?

Surprise surprise, a beer lover from Belgium 🙃 Hi all, my name is Sven and I live in Ghent, arguably one of the most hipster cities in our country. So making all sorts of funky stuff is in the requirements to live here :p Most of my passions in life circle around food and drinks, mainly tea...

I started my second 5 gallon batch of mead with 15 lbs honey in 5 gallons water with champagne yeast and yeast nutrient. The starting gravity is 1.093 as of 7/17/23 and 1.5 weeks later I tested got a current gravity of 0.998. I don’t see any activity going on in air lock anymore after 1.5 weeks...

Hello all! I’ve been home brewing whenever I can (not often enough) for about a year/year and a half. I’ve had some great successes and even better learning experiences. “You CAN NOT compress a liquid.” It just. Doesn’t. Work. lol I’m mostly interested in mead and it’s variants, but I love to...

Good morning! I made a batch of mead last year February, it had been my fourth batch so far so I felt real confident in its quality. After the fermentation process was complete, and we sampled it, we knew hit the lotto. We decided the best thing for it was to age it to make it that much better...