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My guess is that it was done in secondary/tertiary, just letting it sit in the finished wine acts as a cold extraction as opposed to a fermentation. Skeeter pee is sweetened pretty well so it would be sweet yes. One idea on this is to make a lavender tea, once you get this to your liking you can...

You mention the crock pot, how much expansion is there in the crock pot versus tradition stove cooking?

I was hoping it would age out... It's been 6 months. Still terrible lol, gorgeous... But awful....

If I could find it in bulk I would simply mix it in then 3 step filter with my minijet. This particular mead has been sitting for quite some time and has been filtered once. The fermentation is quite done and the whole this is quite clear. There's still a small amount of precipitate that has...

Hmm, well I'm not sure about charcoal from a pet store. I have thought of using brita filters but am not sure how many filters I would need for 5gal. I suppose I could run it all through one filter and if its still problematic run it again through a new filter...

Got it, I apologize for asking such a simple question, over on HBT it has been asked a few times and it seems the concensus (on chips anyway) is to add 1-2 Oz per gallon and leave for 1-2 weeks depending on taste. When I do this I get virtually no noticeable oak... I am now taking winemaking and...

Any idea how many spirals or staves you would use in a simple 5 gal batch?

Hi guys, have a quick question. I have what I'm pretty sure was a brett infection on one of my meads, an apricot mead to be exact where I missed a step in sterilization.... I know... the cardinal sin... Anyway, It has a medicinal smell and taste to it now. According to Jack Keller this is...

If you are used to drinking things with a nice alcohol burn, as I am. Then a good aged Mead will not give you that burn. I have to have my wife taste my aged Meads to tell me if a non seasoned drinker can handle them or not. She doesn't drink at all other than the samples she takes for me so she...

Thanks Julie, I will try heating it in some water to dissolve and play with it to get the right gravity. Do you ferment with the OG of 1.080? I am used to meads more than anything and OG's of 1.1+. I assume most of these candy wines are 14% ABV or so correct? So I would be shooting for an OG of...

Hi guys, My name is Jack, sorry to start a new thread on my first post, I searched but didn't find anything about this. I'm a migrant from over at HomeBrewTalk.com, I've made several wines and meads and a couple beers but I really enjoy the wine and mead. All the talks over here about the...