nicetomeadyou
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Hello, lovely to mead everyone.
I am a new mead brewer and very very exited.
I mixed up my first 30l batch of mead and im going to do another 60l in about 6 months.
1. If i started with a specific gravity of 1.15/1.16 and im using 18% mead yeast, do you think the end result will be dry or semi sweet or sweet? also if i understand correctly a stronger alcohol percentage would mean i should age it more, what would you recommend with a 18%?
2. Also the local brewing supply store doesnt have any potassium sorbate, is there any other stores that will stock this or an alternative product? i have a capden product already.
3.I plan on breaking my 30l down into 6x 5L bottles and aging with different flavorings.
At the moment the only flavorings im sure i want to use to flavor after brewing finishes are cherrys, and im going to attempt to make mulling spices also. i would like to do a plain mead sweet and leave one at whatever sweetness the natural mead ends at. that leaves 2x 5l without flavorings, what can you recommend to a first time brewer.
And last but not least thank you so much to anyone who contributes to this forum, I basically built my whole set up around advice from people on this forum.
I am from Busselton western australia, and i am very exited to post results ect
I am a new mead brewer and very very exited.
I mixed up my first 30l batch of mead and im going to do another 60l in about 6 months.
1. If i started with a specific gravity of 1.15/1.16 and im using 18% mead yeast, do you think the end result will be dry or semi sweet or sweet? also if i understand correctly a stronger alcohol percentage would mean i should age it more, what would you recommend with a 18%?
2. Also the local brewing supply store doesnt have any potassium sorbate, is there any other stores that will stock this or an alternative product? i have a capden product already.
3.I plan on breaking my 30l down into 6x 5L bottles and aging with different flavorings.
At the moment the only flavorings im sure i want to use to flavor after brewing finishes are cherrys, and im going to attempt to make mulling spices also. i would like to do a plain mead sweet and leave one at whatever sweetness the natural mead ends at. that leaves 2x 5l without flavorings, what can you recommend to a first time brewer.
And last but not least thank you so much to anyone who contributes to this forum, I basically built my whole set up around advice from people on this forum.
I am from Busselton western australia, and i am very exited to post results ect