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Thanks for the tip, i might just do that!

I’m in the planing of starting a simple traditional in a couple of days. I will then split it in to two 5L carboys and will try to get some nice flavors. In one of them I’m thinking about to put in some lingonberry, juniper and a syrup from spruce as a back sweetener. Any one with some...

Will start looking for a smaller container just in case! The lesson has been learned, will have this with me for my next batch!

I just re-racked the mead in to a second glass carboy, but because all of the blueberries on top and yeast at the bottom i only got a bit over half of the container filled. Will that head space be an issue, should i quickly find a smaller container?

When i saw this recipe i know I had to try it, sounds great! I started it 3 days ago and the fermentation started sometime this night, I was a bit afraid it would not start! This is my second batch of mead ever, and it will be nice see how it tastes around Christmas! My recipe was: 2.8 kg...

When you think about it, that makes sense! Maybe that’s why I felt the fermentation was going a bit fast, 1.116 - 1.018 in 8 days.

Okey okey, I will let it ferment out! if I calculated it correctly, the sugars in the blueberries would rise the gravity by around 5, so it should be 1.121 for the starting gravity. So I will get an ABV around 16%. It’s not that important that this reading is accurate, but more interesting to...

Hello! I'm new to the forum and to the world of mead making! I just started my first batch, a blueberry mead, 27/2. My recipe: 1.3kg honey 3.8L water zest of one lemon 1 bag of earl grey tea, I used some of the water for that. 500g frosen blueberries. Yeast: Mangrove Jacks M05 Nutrients: 1g...