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Safa

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Anyone else unable to access the NewBee guide? I just get redirected to the forum home page.
 

GntlKnigt1

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Alas....main page is still down. Am not sure is anyone has the newbee guide...may have to wait till it is back up in a few weeks

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moridin

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I got started mainly out of intrigue and the wonder of this mystical beverage. Really took a hold of me when I started watching history channel's Viking program.
Now that I've made mead and tried various commercial meads, I can say that it is truly magical.


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gw72487

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Is this link still working for everyone else? I have had some issues accessing the newbee guide.


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As silly as it sounds, when playing Skyrim, mead was always referenced. I had to ask myself, "What exactly is this?" So.. I looked it up, and thought to myself, "Well, this doesn't sound so hard.."

And so my obsession began...
 

Aragorn

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I can not access it on my iPhone. It works fine on my computer with chrome


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gw72487

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Yup i will try to access it on another comp. thanks!


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Jmondro

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While visiting my daughter this summer in Boulder, as a change of pace to visiting all the breweries we took a tour of Redstone Meadery and was impressed. Upon returning home to Michigan visited Schramm's and B Nectar in Ferndale and was hooked.

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Dragonheart

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Hey all, I am new here and have been reading and lurking for a little bit now. I havent actually started to make any mead yet. Ive been thinking about it for about a year now and reading up on it. My question though is, I want to use glass carboy jugs, but how difficult is it to put other indigents into them? They have such a narrow opening it seems like it would be a pain to put any sort of fruit or anything else into them and get them out. I seen some people say use a plastic carboy for fermentation then switch it over to the glass and others say not to. Just looking for some suggests. I want to start out with the Joe's Ancient orange in a 1 gallon glass jug which I can get around here for about 4 bucks, but getting the orange into and out, seems like it would be a pain.

Also if this has been answered elsewhere, sorry. Tried to do a search with "Glass vs plastic" and came up with like 10 pages of results including anything with those words. Thanks
 

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JAOM is a great way to get syatyrd with a low investment of both time and money. A glass carboy would work okay for that, but i would suggest you also get a hydrometer. For future batches, i suggest pails and then racking to glass carboys for clarifying and aging, but thats future batches. Start slow, and add equipment as you become more experienced.

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Dragonheart

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Oh yeah im for sure getting a hydrometer. Most of the glass carboys ive seen, I look at and just think "how am I going to get the oranges out after?"
 

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Oh yeah im for sure getting a hydrometer. Most of the glass carboys ive seen, I look at and just think "how am I going to get the oranges out after?"

Cut 'em up, put them in a blender. Yes, there's pulp, but they come out of the carboy with a rinse... and there's lots of surface for the yeast to feed on.
 

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Hey all, I am new here and have been reading and lurking for a little bit now. I havent actually started to make any mead yet. Ive been thinking about it for about a year now and reading up on it. My question though is, I want to use glass carboy jugs, but how difficult is it to put other indigents into them? They have such a narrow opening it seems like it would be a pain to put any sort of fruit or anything else into them and get them out. I seen some people say use a plastic carboy for fermentation then switch it over to the glass and others say not to. Just looking for some suggests. I want to start out with the Joe's Ancient orange in a 1 gallon glass jug which I can get around here for about 4 bucks, but getting the orange into and out, seems like it would be a pain.

Also if this has been answered elsewhere, sorry. Tried to do a search with "Glass vs plastic" and came up with like 10 pages of results including anything with those words. Thanks

Welcome Dragonheart!

Dude. What are you waiting for? Read the Joe's Ancient Orange Mead and get cracking! You would have had an aged JAOM by now! No hydrometer needed.

Honey, cinnamon, one clove, a few raisins, an orange, water and Fleishmans yeast. Get a gallon of Gallo Sangria or Yago or whatever, drink it with your friends and wake up to a bubbling brew!

After the 90 to 100 days it takes to drop, the fruit in the jug is so soft and saturated it pops out no problem.


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