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With the strawberry wines and strawberry meads I've made, I never had them drop. I also had them in nylon brew bags to keep the mess down and to make it easier to remove when it was time.

Awesome! Let us know how it's going. I've found drinking this mead is best at room temperature.

You could try it, but you may not have the same control over the flavor you get from the extract. I found that soaking the cinnamon and oak for five days gave the perfect flavor for me. It honestly doesn't matter the quality of the vodka, but if you do try to use the oak and cinnamon in the...

I add the vodka to the brew after straining out the oak cubes and cinnamon sticks. After the time it sits with the oak cubes and cinnamon, the vodka has absorbed the flavors - giving you a natural extract without any sugars which could potentially kick up another firmentation.

Love the color you got with this! Would love to see the recipe.

I regularly brew 3 gallon batches of mead. Typically I use 9-10 pounds of honey for a three gallon batch because I, and the people who drink my brew, prefer a sweeter mead. If, at the end of the process the mead is a bit too dry (like my banana spice mead was) I'll back sweeten with a wine...

Cherry Bomb Mead. Super happy how this turned out!

Update. Bottled, and even at bottling the mead was wonderful! There is a cherry tang evident, which leads me to believe that it's going to be a really great summer mead!

Awesome! Thanks for the reply. The Vinter's Harvest products are set up with the fruit in the fruit juices - with no preservatives...so I'm not too concerned about the sugar levels. I made a strawberry wine last year with their product, and it was delicious! I'll be using some type of fining...

Hello everyone! Had a quick question I hope you all would chime in on - I'm lookin' at you Yooper! I started a Rhubarb wine last Saturday using Vintner's Harvest Rhubarb base - the recipe is as follows: One can of Fruit wine base product 6 cans warm water (4.5 gallons) 11 lbs white table...

Cherry Bomb Mead (Note: This is for a 3 gallon recipe) 10 lbs. Honey 3 cups Dried Cherries (primary) – purchased in bulk from Costco ¾ cup Dried Cherries (secondary) Lavlin D47 yeast ¾ tsp per feeding of Yeast Energizer – I use the LD Carlson Company brand Cinnamon Extract: 2...

Banana Spice Mead - Cheeky Monkey

Labels for: Cheeky Monkey - A banana spice mead Cherry Bomb - A cinnamon cherry mead Father's Day - A vanilla apricot mead Nevermore Coffee Wine - A coffee wine Nevermore MidWinter Mead - A spiced mead Strawberry Wine - name says it all.

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Quick question. I made a four gallon batch - distributed between a 3 gallon car boy and another one gallon. The one gallon carboy is clearing remarkably fast...while the three gallon is moving along at a normal pace. Has anyone had unusual activity with this mead once it's been moved into...

Started a 3 gallon batch of this last Saturday. Used D47 yeast and upped the honey content to 10 pounds and 3 pounds of dried apricots. It set off like a rocket, and is still happily bubbling away. The aroma it's giving off is amazing, so de-gassing it a couple of times a day is a real treat...

I've also had to remind myself that a proper cider doesn't have the same "fizz" as a beer or soda. I bottled a Caramel Apple Cider in regular brown bottles using frozen concentrate to sweeten and act as an agent to get the fizz going. After four days there was a very nice carbonation to it -...

I just finished a batch of this without adding the oak spiral. I opted not to make it sparkling, and bottled it in flip top's. It had a very unique flavor at bottling which reminded me slightly of a sweet bourbon - you can really taste the alcohol. I'm hoping for it to mellow over the next few...

I just finished a batch of this. I opted not to make it sparkling, and bottled it in flip top's. It had a very unique flavor at bottling which reminded me slightly of a sweet bourbon - you can really taste the alcohol. I'm hoping for it to mellow over the next few months. Ingredients 5...

Strawberry Mead that's close to bottling, Maple Mead in secondary, Pumpkin Spice Cider in secondary. The strawberry mead is dry, not too sweet and retains enough of the strawberry for a slight taste and distinct aroma. Coloring is magnificent. The maple mead, when sampled, was delicious...