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The biggest problem beer brewers run into when making mead is thinking they have enough equipment but are used to turning beer over much more quickly, 7 day primary, 2 week secondary, bottle, then your fermenters are free to start another batch. Mead will take longer, even the "quick mead"...

Try 6 weeks. Unless something went wrong, it should be perfect. It ages really fast. Unless you tried to up the gravity.

I've made this several times and if you follow the recipe exactly, without cutting corners or improvising, it is exactly as advertised. Im making another batch of it next weekend for drinking in December. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/joes-quick-grape-mead-57190/

Not by Thanksgiving. Joe's Grape (pyment) is possible, but not the JAOM Joe's Ancient Orange is something you could ferment this week and drink in March.

It is frowned upon, unless you used ingredients with antioxidant properties. In this case, with 1 pound of honey and 2 cups of brown sugar, well, there's really nothing to save it now.

sterilized marbles

Search for "Joe's Grape Mead" It's the only tried and true quick mead I've ever done. There are other good quick meads out there, but "quick" in mead terms usually means 6 months. Joe's Grape is the only one that is "as advertised" on quickness and drinkability. Even Joe's Ancient Orange...

Midwest Supplies, when they are out, I consider everyone is out. Other places will substitute without being honest about it.

Ive had some "poppy" JAO that I aged in flip-tops. If I were you, I'd stabilize it with both campden and sorbate, just to be sure.

I'll take a pound of Amarillo.

If you are a Carolina fan, congrats on the win. If you are not a Carolina fan, I accept your offer to check with your LBH on my behalf.

And Simcoe tastes like grapefruit/cat piss. I've tried Cents as a sub for Amarillo. It is just different. Any other suggestions? I'm tired of the corporate bastards buying everything up just to let it rot in their sub-par "beers". I've been offline for a few years due to...

Plant. It. In. The. Ground. If you have to dig it up later, then dig it up. If that's a problem, then hop-growing probably isn't in your cards right now. For the guy who must grow on the roof, use rubbermaid containers. Expect problems. Especially in Chicago. I'd be more worried about...

Shame on you. It's too soon for Treyvon Martin jokes.

Put it in the ground, and if you have to dig up the crown this winter, then dig up the crown. There's no better time to dig up the crown than in the winter.