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Meadmaking Resource Section
	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here (22 Viewing) IMPORTANT: Please post your EXACT recipe, ALL ingredients and the quantities you used.	1st batch bubbling away! by fatbloke Yesterday 10:23 PM	3,198	31,020
	General Recipe Discussion Section IMPORTANT: Please post your EXACT recipe, ALL ingredients and the quantities you used.	Private	0	0
	The Process of Making Mead Have a question about aeration, SNA, FAN, YANC, the 1/3 sugar break, stabilizing, racking, bottling?? This is the place!	Private	0	0
	Ingredients for Mead What kind of honey should I use? What about fruit? What about grain, spices, herbs, chiles or my neighbors annoying cat? This is the place to go.	Private	0	0
	Yeasties and Beasties Questions or problems with yeast, either domestic or wild? Here is your place. You can also post comments and criticisms about various yeast strains here.	Private	0	0
	Mead Making Equipment What the heck is a lees stirrer? There's an auto siphon? Enolmatic...that just sounds...wrong! If you have questions about equipment this is your destination.	Private	0	0
	Troubleshooting your Mead (6 Viewing) VERY VERY IMPORTANT: Please post your EXACT recipe, ALL ingredients and the quantities you used so the Mead Mentors can give you accurate feedback.	Bung got knocked off during... by RachmaelBenApplebaum Today 02:05 AM	580	5,596
	The Mead Log! (1 Viewing) So I got tired of calling this a Brew Log since we're recording our Mead Making in this section	Private	0	0
Mead Industry Topics
	The Mead Industry Forum Mead industry discussions on everything from starting up a Meadery to hiring a meadmaker	Private	0	0
	Commercial Mead Reviews Trying out the commercial meads? Perhaps, like me, you collect and have tasting parties. Post your reviews here, for all to see!	Private	0	0
	Mead and Food Everything from cooking with mead to finding it in stores, restaurants and shops!	Private	0	0
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	The Hive (13 Viewing) This is the virtual Gotmead Pub. This is the Got Mead? place to just, or talk about anything that grabs you. Drinks are low priced, and no fighting allowed, or I'll have Oskaar toss you out!	Spinning Prayers into Yarn by Guinlilly Yesterday 02:49 PM	2,549	26,749
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Mead History, Legends, The SCA, Period Meadmaking and Brewing
	SCA Mead Forum for All Kingdoms SCA related mead discussions for all Kingdoms in this forum	Private	0	0
	The History and Legends associated with Mead If you're curious about mead history and its origins, this is the place	Private	0	0
	Documented Recipes and Period Mead Resources Post your period meadmaking resources here, and any documented recipes you would like to share!	Private	0	0
Beer, Wine and Spirits Discussion Forums
	Beer, Honey? Do you make beer? Want to post your beer recipes? Beer can be made quick, and can be a great stopgap while you wait for your mead to age out......	Private	0	0
	Wine, spirits and other fermented beverages Discuss them here	Private	0	0
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Bung got knocked off during bulk aging, Sherry? Today 02:05 AM Man, I forgot that I had put sorbate in it, it was so long ago. I ordered some Vierka sherry yeast that'll be here soon, I was planning on making a la...	Troubleshooting your Mead	RachmaelBenApplebaum
1st batch bubbling away! Yesterday 10:23 PM Welcome to the forums......... For your further reading enjoyment, the NewBee guide is linked in the left hand side yellow dialogue box. Also, w...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	fatbloke
Mead distribution laws? Yesterday 05:03 PM Private courier services (UPS/FedEx) will ship alcohol, but it is technically illegal for private citizens to send things. It's for that reason that m...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	YogiBearMead726
4 Months In Primary - What next? Yesterday 04:46 PM You could dilute it down a bit to bring the ABV down and hit it with a yeast starter to use the remaining sugars so it is palatable for you and the bo...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	B. Goldwater
Spinning Prayers into Yarn Yesterday 02:49 PM Absolutely beautiful!...	The Hive	Guinlilly
Tragedy, prayers needed...well, maybe a hug Yesterday 12:57 PM I think most of the "pumpkin" flavor is from the spices used in pumpkin pie, and not the pumpkin itself. Some beers use sweet potato instead of pumpki...	The Hive	Marshmallow Blue
Beer Brewer Making Mead! Yesterday 11:03 AM Whatya asking for it?...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	B. Goldwater
I may have used a terrible yeast (JAOM Disaster?) Yesterday 04:37 AM The good thing about using the wrong yeast is that you can always repitch with the right yeast... I know someone who screwed up a JAOM because they de...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	THawk
Oak Cubes 06-18-2013 10:57 PM :D yes I "got it" straight away...... Actually you "hit the nail on the head" earlier. Not only is it the liquid to area contact ratio, but thats e...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	fatbloke
3rd batch - Tupelo honey 06-18-2013 06:18 PM If you use K1V, you'll end up with a high-ABV batch unless you start with a lower gravity, ferment dry, then stabilize and backsweeten. There's nothin...	Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here	Medsen Fey

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