Times are dependent on so many variables. Temperature, yeast, water, etc. If you have a hydrometer, that's the best way to know if it's done....
Yeah, certain honeys are stupid expensive. Your mead may go dry at 2.5lbs with 71B, but it should still taste sweet. Honey does weird stuff like that.
I've been watching a YouTube channel where they try to do brews and cooking as simple as they can. Apparently they have quite a few fans from areas...
You can use bread yeast in any brews. It doesn't have the alcohol tolerance of brewing yeasts, but it is absolutely fine to swap in for whatever the...
Also, mango passion fruit juice? Way too low of a pH to ferment properly. Used half a gallon with half a gallon of mead to make a melomel and it...
Took a sample of the jalapeno mead and wow. Sweet initially, then you get the tingle of a weak jalapeno popper, and it fades back into that velvety...
Neither have I. Apparently my fiance knows someone who keeps bees though, so maybe I can snag some fresh local stuff.
I'd try it before buying more. I've been using lalvin yeast that's been in the fridge close to a year. As long as it has been in the fridge, it...
If this doesn't suck, my base version will probably be habanero and I'll never make the jalapeno version again. Jalapenos are just inferior to...
The plan is to test with jalapeno, then scale up to habanero and move on to ghosts eventually. I have friends in town who grow their own ghosts and...
New experiment: capsicumel. Jalapeno mead.[ATTACH]
I've made a few tea wines. I have several hibiscus blends (hibiscus, apple pieces, rose hips, insert fruit flavor here) that I steep with about a...
Okay, they didn't give as bad of advice as I originally thought. D47 is a 14% tolerance, so you should get a semi-sweet mead. I haven't used it...
Yeah, still in MD. I haven't looked for it in a while, but the last time I bought it it was like $25 for 2lbs I think. Walmart sells a 5lb jug of...
Couple tricks I've found. Fill a pot with hot water from the tap and put your sealed jar of honey in for 10-15 minutes. It pours so easy. Skip the...
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