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Don't let the mead ferment out too hot. You wont like the resulting product.

This one turned out horrid. The honey was a very dark one with string smoky flavours, and I think I missed some of the strawberry when I racked off the fruit. This batch has a very strong unpleasant flavour. I'm planning on trying again with a nicer honey and following Airgead's method of...

Yeah I'm getting a little jealous of everyone else enjoying this recipe :) Still its got to work ONE day right?

No worries Pete, been really busy myself the last few months. Haven't even put any new brews done since I put this JAO in. I hope it's not temperature related as this one spent the entire period in a regulated environment (chest freezer with fridgemate set to 20C). I also used spring water as...

Once again, not happy with the results. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I found this mead to be too bitter again. I'm not sure if it's the orange rind, or if the yeast has just done something funny. People that I've had try it have said that its nice when you sip it, but if you get a...

The fruit has dropped! Couldn't sleep last night looking forward to tasting this brew.... Now I just need to work out how to siphon it without knocking some of the mould around the neck of the demijohn in.

How would you suggest i do this? Put a couple of tablespoons in demijohn and rack the mead onto it for a few weeks?

Depends on your room temp. In my case, the fridge would be the only option

Looks like one of those photos taken in black and white then coloured in later...

wow, that's really.... red

My fruit won't drop! grrrr

Don't forget to leave a container or two spare so that you can rack the mead on and off of the fruit. Very interested to hear how your strawberry mead turns out. I made mine with a very dark honey and I'm told that it might take a fair while before it 'comes good'. So if you make yours with a...

Yes the facial expression is classic :) And I notice the poor chooks didn't get a bee-suit...

My JAO has gone almost crystal clear, just waiting for that darned fruit to drop and I'll be bottling mine too.

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