Recent content by Spidy67

I will be making one from fresh Maine blueberries raked driectly from my lawn..lol...I might freeze a few for something to donext winter as well.I'd also like to try a multiberry mead. like Blueberry,blackberry,rasberry. or some combination of that.

That is where i got my recipes. gotmead.com Alot of interesting stuff there.

I crush the k-meta with 2 spoons before i add. Then use the whip degasser to degass as well as mix up the k-meta and sorbate. I was worried the first time i used the degasser it was pushed through a bung i used it and had white floaties on the top of my wine from where the degasser meets the...

sounds great... wade. That is what i want to try. I have blueberrys that grow on my property, but this time of year all i can grow is snow.. I think this year i will pick berries and freeze them so i can experiment during the winter months.

Since starting my Joes AO i have a facination with mead's. So i am trying a recipe i found that was also posted by Joe M. Its called a quick mead using 64oz juices. When they say quick they mean about a month and they are sweet. Here is a picture of both meads. on the left is from a 64oz...

lol dcrnbrd i understand. I think the recipe says after a couple months and a few days.. I keep it coverd with a towel in my bedroom, the warmest room in the house, every week or so i take a look at it and it looks so good and i remember the smell when it first started. I cant wait to try...

Good point Tomy. I forgot to mention the sterilization. I just do it without thinking about it, It goes without saying for me but you should sterilize anything that will come in contact with your wine!!! I use a mixture of kmeta and citric acid. Very potent for that applacation.

If the directions say thati would check it at 4 or 5 days. It will take a few days to get to the right s.g. If you check at day 4 then again at day 5 you could get an idea of how many points its droping per day, roughly. But its best not to mess with it more than you have to. This is my opinion...

There is alot of lees on top of the fruit. That is why i think ill wait till it sinks.. According to the directions it should settle in just over a 2 months. Im about 1 week from 2 months, whats another week........

It's gota nice orange hew but im not sure if its from the oranges or from the honey. Heres another pic with the oranges and raisins floating on top. They are suppose to settle to the bottom. I'm not sure i want to wait that long to taste it .. but i may.

I started Joe M's Anciant Orange on 12/31 I am following the directions. It has been almost 2 months so im close to bottleing. I believe leaving it on the fruit will add to its flavor. I could be wrong since i am a mead newbe. Here are a couple picts of mine. It will be ready to bottle in about...

I have a batch going and its been just over a month. Still smells great and is very clear already. I hope it tastes as good as it smells. This is my first mead, i have 2 more batches going. One is a recipe for a 5 week mead by Joe M and the other is my own creation.

I wouldn't add any. I have only seen a couple recipes that say to add any but I'm not sure i would. I currently have a batch of Joe M's Ancient orange mead working away for about a month now, and I'm considering making a mead from 100% cranberry/pomegranate juice (no water added just juice) I...

Thank you for your input, I think i will have a new Italian floor corker here in time for my next batch.

I dont mind spending the money as long as i get what i pay for. I thought there was a problem with the Portuguese floor corker, it was scoring some types of corks causing leakage.