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I have a traditional mead that is @ 1.000 gravity but tastes quite sweet when you drink it. In what catagory would I place it in if I decide to enter it into a contest- Dry, Semi-Sweet or Sweet? Does it depend more on the taste or the FG?

I was wondering if mead benefits from being decanted. I know you are not supposed to decant white wines and some of the lighter itallian wines. Would I be making a mistake in using a decanter for mead? This is what I'll be using http://epiphanyglass.com/epiphanyglass/index.html To view the...

I racked into the secondary last night and I added some blueberries. I have read that blueberries expand and I need to leave head room. When I added the blueberries they sank to the bottom and they remained there over night. The berries went through 3 freeze thaw cycles and there was a lot of...

I bought some Mott's at the grocery store on sale. 6 gallons for $20. I decided to do the most simple cider I could do so I just pitched some US-05 and put an airlock on it. Now it has fermented out to 1.000 and is steady. I racked it into a secondary and gave it a few weeks. It...

I started 2 meads on the same day a few weeks ago. One with D47 (a varietal) and one with 71B (Blood Orange Mead.) It is interesting that the 71B has way more lees than the D47. Is this typical?

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So I started a batch of SummerSoltice's Carmel Apple Mead and everything was going good it seemed untill the 3rd day when it got rhino farts.:o As soon as I could I got some more nutrients and added a full additional dose of nutrients which took care of the rhino farts. I was planning on...

In this recipe I use store bought blueberries and blueberry blossom honey. I mixed 15 lbs of blueberry blossom honey 60 oz of store bought blueberrys 5 tsp Nutrients 2 tsp Energizer 5 campden tabs I first froze the berries for a few days then thawed and smashed with paddel in bucket...

I found this forum because I was looking up recipes for mead and found it to be a great resource! I now have 3 batches of mead in the primary. I started with one gallon of JAOM and quickly read up on what I need to make 5 gallon batches. I bought some equipment and I now have 2 five gallon...