LittleHippieMama
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Hello, I am new here. I have helped my husband brew a few times, a stout, a porter, a wheat beer. I want to do a mead for myself. I have a gallon of local artisan honey ($$$) coming this weekend, and I have yeast and nutrient and accelerator on order, as well as new basic equipment. I intend to do a 5 gallon batch, all together in the primary, then split into gallon jugs for the secondary, and flavor the jugs individually with several different ideas.
After the secondary, comes racking and bottling. With beer, one just caps them. I have a capper, though I do not have bottles yet. In my reading it seems like everyone corks mead like wine instead of capping. Is that just for elegance, or does corking improve the end product? I am just curious. I have a few weeks before I need to get my bottles ready, and wondered what opinions folks have.
Thanks!
LittleHippieMama
After the secondary, comes racking and bottling. With beer, one just caps them. I have a capper, though I do not have bottles yet. In my reading it seems like everyone corks mead like wine instead of capping. Is that just for elegance, or does corking improve the end product? I am just curious. I have a few weeks before I need to get my bottles ready, and wondered what opinions folks have.
Thanks!
LittleHippieMama