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So as an experiment, I knew what was going to happen but I had 1/2 a packet of yeast just lying about, I concocted a mead using cheap supermarket honey (Morrison's brand). From racking into secondary, suspicions confirmed - watery, not much honey at all. I used the same recipe with some of the...

What's the consensus with stabilising something that's finished with some gravity left ? I've got a mead here, OG 1.1120, looks to have stopped @ 1.010. Using CML mead yeast, so just racking into secondary now. Happy with the sweetness. Now, when this clears up, assuming it's still stable at...

Hello all, Anybody seen anything like this ? I've got some banana wine, now I'm (almost, hence this thread) confident it's ready to bottle - taken hydrometer readings couple of weeks apart just under 1 and they are consistent. No airlock activity, the wine tastes dry and also no CO2 type smell...

Hello all, After a bit of advice, planing out my next adventure, does this recipe look sound to you ? I've got some dried hibiscus, just had an experimental tea with it, I think the tartness should do well with a mead, so : 3lbs honey nutrient I've got 50 grams of hibiscus, planning to add to...

Just sorting a recipe out for the above, planning to add grape concentrate in (Wilko's bottle) along with skins during initial simmer and for the first week in the bin. Question I've got is, do you think the above will need an addition of tannin at all ? Or will the concentrate/skins be enough...