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I bottled some metheglin tonight and was surprised that it smelled and tasted exactly like cinnamon rolls! I was attempting to formulate a recipe for "Chai Spice Metheglin", but now I am definitely calling it "Cinnamon Roll Metheglin". 3 lbs orange blossom honey Lavin 71B-1122 5g in 6.25g...

I had the following mead one gallon batch started (no heat method): 3lbs Orange Blossom Honey nutrient/energizer stepped additions Lavin 71B-1122 dry packet (rehydrated with goFerm) Starting gravity 1.019 3 weeks in totally clear and a gravity of 0.995 2 weeks later racked onto the...

I made two one-gallon batches of hydromel. One blackberry, one blueberry. Safale US-05. They fermented to completion and I primed them to carbonate. ABV about 7% in both. I let them sit for about a month in capped 187mL Champagne splits. They have been met with fairly poor or "meh" reviews by...

This afternoon I started the following one gallon batch of orange blossom mead (which I may later add raspberries and/or oak): 3 lbs Orange Blossom Honey Walmart "Spring" water Dry Lavin 71B-1122 5g packet GoFerm Nutrient 6.25g SNA: (1/4 tsp DAP/Urea + 1/4 Tsp Fermaid K)...

Blueberry melomel from a one gallon batch. 15 oz wild organic blueberries added to secondary of mead made with about 2.5lb/ gallon wildflower honey. Safale US-05

Carbonated with 1 oz dextrose in the one gallon batch. Plan to serve cold this summer. Around 6-7% ABV.

I am making both a blueberry and blackberry hydromel. Both one gallon experimental batches. I anticipate the final ABV to be about 5-7%. On a side note, I intend to carbonate it. I am considering adding pectic enzyme to clear it up a bit. I realize clearer is generally considered "better", but...

I have recently been researching melomel recipes to try to gauge the general "zeitgeist". Some add whole fruit (as seen sometimes with blueberries/blackberries/oranges etc.); some use canned; some juice; some puree. I recently started a blackberry melomel in which I froze the fruit, thawed...

Hi! First post here. I decided to try my first braggot about two weeks ago. I have brewed a number of beers, some fruit wines, and a few variations on a ginger/vanilla/cinnamon metheglin. I have recently got back into brewing, but didn't want to make huge batches. So, I am putting my 6...