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• Posted in thread: What can I reasonably expect? on 03-14-2012 at 08:28 PM
  I think you are headed in the right direction especially if you give this a at least 3 years.
  Local honey, possibly blueberry... I would pick up another 5 lbs or so along with some
  blueberries and mak...

• Posted in thread: What can I reasonably expect? on 03-14-2012 at 07:09 PM
  Hi, I new to the forum but have lots of experience with meads. First oh my that is a large
  selection of spices and this may take the mead some time to incorporate them all so please be
  patient. What k...

• Posted in thread: WineMakingTalk Merges with FineVineWines Forum on 03-14-2012 at 06:27 PM
  Wow, I go for a short bike ride, do some gardening, come in to relax and find out I've been
  sold. Will miss the old site but happy to be here. Does this mean I should open a bottle of
  bubbly to celebr...

• Posted in thread: Mead on 03-11-2012 at 06:49 PM
  This is where I tend to get into trouble with lots of wine makers... But here is the deal -Mead
  is pretty resilient stuff and believe it or not lots of mead makers will let the mead sit in a
  primary w...

• Posted in thread: A month of tastings on 02-28-2012 at 08:28 PM
  I've been using MS Publisher with a little help from another MS product, a photo editor, that I
  can't remember the name and it was not compatible with Win7 so it got left behind.

• Posted in thread: Mead on 02-28-2012 at 10:20 AM
  Sounds good, I would zest and juice the oranges to add to the secondary and trash the shell of
  the orange, no need for the pith. Also adding the juice of a lemon will help firm up the mouth
  feel, or y...

• Posted in thread: Mead on 02-27-2012 at 10:33 AM
  Sounds like it could be a winner, but go light on the cinnamon. You'll want to treat it, and
  all spices, like oak - you can always add more but you can't take it out ..........Speaking of
  oak some lig...

• Posted in thread: Mead on 02-26-2012 at 05:15 PM
  You can use it or 2 other excellent choices are 71B and D47. Get a nice starter going to help
  the yeast out. Look for Orange Blossom Honey if you can find it, Wildflower is good but
  sometimes can take...

• Posted in thread: Mead on 02-25-2012 at 11:01 PM
  Do you already have the honey? You are looking at about 3-4 lbs. of honey per gallon - please
  use really good honey and your hydrometer to get it to the level you want. I highly recommend
  using a clea...

• Posted in thread: Broken Cork Screws on 02-25-2012 at 12:49 PM
  I think there was another thread similar to this a long while ago filled with stories of
  destroyed openers while folks were trying to open bottles of wine. Someone had mentioned an
  electric wine cork ...