mead

Im new to this. After 3 weeks i didnt saw any more arilock activity on my strawberry mead (for 2-3 days) so i decided to rack my mead. I did a little taste test and it just taste flat... it doesn't have a special flavor... Its like, water with a little of honey that burns a little... Any...

For mead I've heard that other fruit can be used during fermentation. When should the fruit be added? I tried adding cherries in the beginning , but I'm not sure if that could cause infection. I added some of my previous mead in beginning to provide yeast and more importantly to prevent...

I want to make some simple mango mead and i have a little question. Ok so im new on homebrewing, this is gonna be my second batch ever. I want a mango mead, i've been reading some things, and cant decide/ i dont know if it is a good idea to put a little more mango on my mead after primary...

hey fellow homebrewers, so I’m making a sweet strawberry mead and I think I added too much fruit and honey and not enough water. It’s only been 2 days into fermentation and I realized this is only going to yield maybe 2 liters of mead at most. Is it too late to add a bit of water?

Hi, im 23 and im from México. Im very happy to be part of this community, i just made my first mead batch ever. I went with a simple strawberry mead, and i hope it turns out well. Mead has always fascinated me, since i always watch movies, series or playing videogames, it was always there haha...

Hello together, I come to this forum in the hopes that someone can give me some guidance on my first batch of mead. On June 2. I started a batch of mead quite impulsively, containing: - 3 pounds of honey - a mug of black tea, - peel of 3/4 of an orange - an unkown yeast from a beer making kit...

Hi everyone, I am reasonably new at brewing. In the bottom of my secondary micro batches of Mead, is something I've not seen before in my other (first) batch. It looks kind of like a white, fluffy, sediment. I have taken photos. This has been my process so far... I made a traditional mead in...

Hi I've been making a mead for about a month now I figured I try it since the bubble in the airlock has stopped immensely and mead looks like it's cleared but I tried it and it smells alot like vinegar and taste very sour. Not sure to keep fermenting for a while more or to back sweetened and how...

Hi! I've recently stepped into making mead after a few years of brewing ginger beers, and would appreciate some feedback/guidance on how badly I've messed up my first mead. I made quite a few mistakes when putting it together, and am worried mainly that it may be sickly sweet at the end. I do...

Hello so I put about 2-2.5 pounds of orange. Blossom honey In a gallon carboy and filled it up added the yeast and the nutrients and put orange slices in it, it overflowed a little after the first 24 hrs so I poured just a little out and it bubbled and fermented just fine for a while , then Day...

So I brewed a mead and when I went to rack it I used a large 5 gallon vegetable oil jug and I used sanitizer and boiling water 4 times and apparently a little bit of the vegetable oil was still in the jug I've smelled and drank it it's fine but do you think the small amount of vegetable oil...

What are your preferred bottling methods for mead making? I started brewing beer recently, and had considered bottling mead in the same 12 oz bottles. Well, not with beer in them too, of course… 😉

So I am a bit confused on the matter. Let me explain my situation: I am brewing my first batch of mead in a 25L brewing bucket. The ratio of mead to water is about 1:3. That's all there is, just water and honey with yeast and yeast nutrients. I added yeast nutrients, stirred, then added the...

Hi everyone. This is my first time brewing mead and the first time brewing anything at all. I started today (January 7th 2023) and the fermenting process seems to have started. Bubbles are rising through the air lock. My question regarding the air lock is this: is it okay for the water to shift...

Hi folks, Nice to meet people here, I am brand new here but have been experimenting with meads for about 10 years. How important do people think it is to let the carboy get totally or very clear before bottling? I have bottled recently some fairly clear to very clear ciders and I still see some...

I began fermenting my Acerglyn with a OG of 1.101 and ended at .994 which calculates out to about 14%. I’m using fleischmanns yeast and I want this to ferment out dry so I can back sweeten with maple syrup. Would adding white sugar until fermentation stalls out affect the taste noticeably? I...

Starting a melomel. 1 gal spring water 48 oz honey 16 oz strawberries 36 oz blueberries 1.3 kg blackberries 1/2 lemon skin (zested) I didnt account for the juice when getting my OG which was 1.090 prior to adding fruit. It changed to 1.078 a few hours later. I want myfinal alcohol to be...

Hello All, I am just getting back into brewing after 5 years or so. After taking up beekeeping several years ago I decided to have a go at some Mead and ordered WLP720 from Norther Brewer. They packaged it well enough but its up in the triple digits here in Texas and my yeast showed up hot to...

I am relatively new to brewing and I tried a mango habanero mead recipe. When it came to stabalize I added 1/2 tsp of potassium sorbate and 1/4 tsp of potassium metabisulfite on accident. I know it was to much but I'm just wondering if I can save it or will I have to dump it. Any advice would...

The BBB! I've just put this fermenting and it's bubbling away like a mad thing. Calling it a Bragott is a little bit of a push as it's more of a mead with malt added for body. Anyway here it is: 5 gallon batch. Ingredients: 7.15kg honey 500g light golden DME 1.5kg Oat LME 40g chinook hops...