Recent content by tcardenjr

I’m planning on starting this weekend! Hoping to do a 5 gallon batch; we’ll see if I get my conversions right! Will be my first 5 gallon batch and my first carbonated mead 😳

Taste on the first batch is terrific. Not quite as smooth as I was shooting for just yet, but some time in the bottle should remedy that! The second batch is sweet like a dessert wine. I haven’t cracked open a bottle yet, but I did a taste test when I bottled it, and I think this one will turn...

First gallon is bottled. Second gallon is back sweetened further & will take another week or so to re-settle.

Not sure if anyone is following, but an update: Went for a no-heat brew aside from warming about 1/3 gallon of apple juice so the honey would mix better. Used 1.6 quarts of Martinelli’s filtered apple juice, 1.6 quarts of Martinelli’s unfiltered, a quart of organic honeycrisp apple juice I...

68 + Comrade Stone’s 2 + 2 gallons of an apple pie mead I’m getting ready to start (once my campden gets in) = 72 gallons I’m hoping to brew more this year and test out my 6 gallon brewing bucket, but for now I’m gonna stick with 2 since I know that’ll happen.

No worries, sorry for the confusion! And thanks for the help! One of these days I’ll use actual apples and I’ll come back to look at this. I think I may put some of the juice on some heat for a while to see if it adds a different flavor. I’ll also try to grab some pectic Enzyme for good measure...

I’ll definitely pick up some more apple juice, thanks for the heads up! I wasn’t gonna use any solid fruit, just juice; do you think that will have a noticeable negative impact? I don’t know that I have the necessary brewing hardware for brewing with solid fruit just yet. As far as cider vs pie...

Hey y’all! First off, I just wanted to thank everyone here. I’m pretty new to the mead world, and your posts have helped me learn a lot in the short time I’ve been here. To business, I’m trying to make an Apple pie mead to be enjoyed around Thanksgiving/Christmas time, and I wanted to run the...