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First two batches of mead I brewed myself at home. Bottle on the left was a mix of orange blossom and buckwheat honey, started back in march, and was re-racked (racking=siphoning into a new bottle) on Friday. Really happy with the color and clarity! Bottle on the right was started about a month ago, 1st racking was also on Friday. Raspberry honey with sliced strawberries, nutmeg, and cloves in the carboy. Can't wait to see how she looks in about a month when it's time to re-rack.
Have some partial containers of honey left over, so gonna say fuck it and make a 2 gallon batch of mixed honeys.
Since I'm mixing honeys and this new batch I'm starting today will probably be ready around Christmas, going to add in a lovely mix of spices as well! Thinking I might call this batch "Perfect Storm"
CharterBoatWhatCharterBoat
How much honey per gallon you get?
Lyconous
I usually do about 1.5 lb of honey per gallon.
CharterBoatWhatCharterBoat
Honey isn't cheap anymore, so you'd either have to like mead a lot, or have your own hives.
Lyconous
It helped that i had collected some partial bottles from a few friends, hence the mix of 4 different honeys, but yes i do love mead