Recent content by JayPiddleytoe

The honey was a local wildflower honey. Found out that the wildflower honey probably came form the cotton fields that were close by. Any advice is helpful, and I am appreciative for any of it.

Hello, everyone. Started fermenting my first batch. I posted this in the newbie forum, accidentally wrong place. Here is what I started with: I put in 1 gram of K1-V1116 yeast, 3 pounds of honey, one gallon of water, little over 1/4 tsp Fermaid O. The yeast bloomed for 20 minutes and then...

Okay, thank you.

And now I think I messed up. i just added the Fermaid-O and forgot to slurry it first and just added it to the mixture. When I realized what I did, I immediately stirred the top, and now I am scared. Did I mess up my first batch now? *sighs* First time brewing worries are here, ya'll.

Hello, my name is Josh, and I found this site by asking certain questions. I have been watching Man Made Mead for some time, and this is the place I finally ended up once I started.

Hello everyone, First time brewer, here. I have begun my first mead. The must seems well, and it's within the first hour. I have applied Yeast Nutrient K1-V1116 for the ability to possibly chew through around 18%. I have done an initial gravity reading, and it is reading at around 1.190...