Recent content by Satokad

That label is awesome!

Holy cow. Broke out the first bottle tonight. It is amazing. Not sure I’ll need to bother with any other recipes....

It’s still in the bucket. Thinking I would rack it off the fruit this weekend.

Does this mead need to be degassed? I've never done that before and don't know if it's needed. 10 days in and still kicking a bubble through the airlock every 12 seconds or so.

I wouldn't think so, but I can't say for sure. As it said in the beginning, this breaks a lot of rules.

This isn’t ignorance. It’s learning. I’ve already had to toss a batch I made because it got infected. Every batch brings new lessons. A balloon will also work.

I am definitely no expert, but if the tap doesn't automatically let gas vent (and I'm assuming it doesn't since you had container expansion), you might want to consider changing it out for an airlock. Airlocks are cheap and may save you from having to clean up a fairly nasty mess.

Are you using some type of airlock? That should relieve the pressure.

OK. Finally got to put this together. Should be interesting. I had to heat the water and honey some since I used all natural unfiltered honey and it was thick. Only had 1 packet of yeast so it is about 2 1/4 tsp. It got going real good in the shot glass. It overflowed before I could get it in...

Thank you kindly.

One quick question. I have read where people start their mead (especially melomels) in a bucket. Can I do a 1 Gallon batch of this in a 2 gallon bucket until I rack when fermentation ends? Thanks.

Finally found some unsulfered apricots, so I will get this going in the next few days. Looking forward to this.

Bottled mine yesterday. Fruit still hadn’t fallen, but seemed to be held up by some bubbles clinging to the underside. I used orange slices without the rind. It was very clear. It clouded up when I moved it upstairs so I let it sit for a week and it cleared back up. I got 6 swing top bottles...

Should be right around 12%. I did a quick calculation and came up with 11.93% (no promises on my math, though).

Bubbles were back and a milky layer settled near the top. Decided to dump it and start over. Thanks for the feedback, folks.