Recent content by Myrkk

thanks :)

The two meads that I made up on Saturday are exactly the same except that one has Wyeast nutrient in it and the other has Young's nutrient in it. The yeast mix I made up in a measuring jug and put half in each bottle. My problem is the Young's is bubbling away at just over a bubble a second...

thanks DJ. It's bubbling away quite merrily :D

Started my first mead off today. Made a few newbie errors and I'm sure my method wasn't as aseptic as it could be but heyho I'm sure I'll do better next time. Am really sad 'cause I've taken photos and put them on my facebook profile. LOL. Still have enough honey left to make probably another...

cheers guys.

I don't know. I got it from http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/brewi ... ad-brewing be warned, if you follow this link the page has some script on it that freezes my laptop for around 30 seconds before giving a dialogue box asking if you want to stop the script running. After I click yes my...

The recipe I'm following calls for an acid blend. However, I only have citric acid. Is that good enough? Why does it have to be a blend?

How did that turn out Tony? It mentions carbonating? Did you make it into a fizzy mead or is this something that happened naturally with this recipe? It looks kinda complicated for my first try and I only bought little 5ltr demijohns. Am thinking a plain mead and a metheglin (a simple...

Cheers guys. Yes I do sell my honey but I'm going to be using the last of it to make this batch of mead. Unfortunately my bees didn't overwinter well and I'm having a few probs with them this year. But come next year........ :o) and you'll be more than welcome to some.

Hi everyone, I'm Myrkk. I keep bees and they generally (weather willing) provide way more honey than I can use hence the fermenting barrel of honey in the garage and I lurve mead so decision made. I'm hoping to get some inspiration from this site as well as pick your brains 'cause it all...