Made 3 batches of mead this morning.

[kornkob]

Made 3 batches of Mead this morning and took this picture. I noticed afterwards the HBT decal in the pic.

The carboy is straight Mead, made with honey the a friend of mine harvested.

One of the buckets is a gallon of Costco honey and a gallon of sweet cherry purée. The other is Costco honey and a gallon of canned strawberries.

 

[fuelish]

Nice.....All 3 sound good to me
.....brace yourself for folks "yellin'" at ya for having too much headspace in the carboy I honestly don't fret over it.....ideally, yeah, would be nice to have it "full," but have never had an issue with oxidation over the years (or maybe I can't discern or maybe even actually like the flavor of oxidized mead, dunno....heh). If mine don't end up full, so be it....am too lazy to fuss more than I must - I do as little as possibe and only as much as necessary with my meads - have had some great ones, have had some OK ones, never anything undrinkable, especially with age.

 

[kornkob]

Meh... Primary fermentation requires oxygen anyway. I'm not concerned, it's worked in the past. Besides, there a comparable amount of head space in the buckets... You just can't see it.

 

[fsr_racer]

Did you use the same yeast for all 3? Or did you choose a different on for each?

 

[kornkob]

Same with each. I've gotten good results from this strain before.

 

[RegarRenill]

Same with each. I've gotten good results from this strain before.

*cough* and that strain would be...?

 

[kornkob]

wyeast 4184?

Lower left corner of the 2nd yeast fridge at my LBS.