Recent content by Nancii

Interesting thread. I also have a small bag of blueberries waiting for me to do something with them. I bought a 1 gallon kit to play around with recipes and ideas, I'm thinking about using that. I don't have anywhere near 50 lbs!

I'm in...love the design!

How would you go about skimming the proteins? And what are the advantages/disadvantages?

It's clover honey. I don't boil it, but brought it to 175 and then turned the heat off and let it cool. The recipe says to, and my brother, while saying it wasn't absolutely necessary, suggested it. Still trying to find my way and since it was my first mead attempt, I didn't want to chance...

I've been making wine kits, getting comfortable and decided to try my first batch of mead Wednesday. First of all, it took forever for it to cool back down so I could add in my yeast. After I got there, I had a complete blond moment and mixed up tbsp and tsp. I should have added 2 1/2 tsp yeast...