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Hi everyone, First off I apologize if this is not the proper forum for this but I figured the mead makers would be most knowledgeable because of the bochet aspect of this. Anyway, I thought of making a braggot style beverage (more of a beer because of the grain proportions) by mixing an...

Hey everyone, I have a few questions about a belgian quad I made the other week. First off here is the recipe. 5 gallon 12 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 72.0 % 1 lbs 4.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) UK (1.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.3 % 11.2 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.1 % 5.6 oz...

I need some opinions everyone. Here is the story... Last march I made my first attempt at a 5 gallon batch of blueberry melomel. Made some mistakes, one of them was not accounting for space needed and lost from adding blueberries. So I ended up with 4 gallons. I filled a 3 gallon carboy and...

Hi everyone, I am currently 5 months into bulk aging my blueberry melomel (my first attempt at making mead) in a glass carboy. Today I decided to give it a little taste and it is very dry, very tart, and has almost a rubbery taste to it. Now I heated my honey and used d-47 and from what I...

Hey everyone! This is my first post on this forum. I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to making mead. Mid March I made my first blueberry melomel. When I racked it into my carboy and onto the blueberries i had zero headroom. When I racked it off the blueberries I was left with a decent...