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I find its like a middle ground between wine and cider tbh.. im really not a big fan of cider tbh haha my mate drinks its non stop, his liver hates him obviously.. but tbh the way im going with mead atm.. my livers catching up with his haha... Im reading thread after thread of maybe a new...

hahahaha nah she gave me funds to get my honey, i was allowed this time haha...I was a little thirsty earlier so i syphoned myself off a good 1/4 pint... or a decent glass id say while she was out. you gotta test the waters aint ya?! and damn this is lovely to drink. Its still young i know and...

hahaha yea the missus isnt a big drinker here either and basically i have to hide it a lot. not the drinking as such but the making of she dont want it around the kids etc. which is fine but sometimes it takes a bit longer and i gotta always clean up afterwards its jsut its smells a bit boozy...

well it cleared finally and ive bottled up 4 x 750cl only with screw caps because it was all i had at hand. I also bottled my 6% Hammers of Thor but i had a serious bottle issue, i managed to collect around 35 x 500ml beer bottles (not enough i need 10 more) which i added around 3grams of sugar...

I know right.. I mean its actually stopped at this point so i make this 7.5 day ferment. Thats pretty fast in my eyes tbh, ive only done this like 4-5 times now but that is by far the fastest, the beer yeast took 4 weeks lol and had vinegar flavour. Won't lie ive already had first 2 clear inches...

Just took a reading. Its almost finished.. Gravity is at. 0.992.. im leaving til tomorrow to finish up and then ill be putting it outside. Also had a little taster its bang on. Not totally sure about that Jaffa flavour but it definitely has body to it. Fermentation stayed at 26*c all the way...

Yep it might be.... So I bought this kit last night 😁 .. thought why not I can't do this summer without at least one beer on the go. It gets damn hot here in the southeast in the next coming months

Very probably Co2 but Its definitely smelling slightly boozy already. This stuff is bubbling like crazy but not much foam at all. It's not reached the demijohn top at all, i gave it a little smell again today and its fermenting fast for sure.. Ive used this yeast once before and found it to be...

Well 8 hours into fermentation it's already bubbling like a freshly opened lemonade bottle. Amazingly its already starting to smell like alcohol how in the hell is that already possible but thats fine by me.. I threw a handful of chopped raisins in each earlier aswell (because i forgot when i...

Well it's about 2 hour's later and I've already done it.. The DemiJohns are full and already starting to see that yeast moving up and down.. that stuff works so quickly.. took nearly 8 days before it started to move properly with the beer yeast last time. SO, the Tea bags.... I used my nose for...

welllll..... as im an eager beaver and the missus actually just won £150 on the bingo im now off to get my honey haha.... Pictures to come later :)

I was thinking maybe just use 4 straight up jaffa tea bags but use maybe in 2 litres of water so ive got quite a bit of the flavoured stuff and top up with some sterilised water and the rest of the must/honey... Ill be fermenting in standard 1 Gallon DemiJohn... I have 2 of them so i can try 2...

These ones there is also salted caramel 🤔🤔

I bought a pack of the Aldi Jaffa flavour teabags. Personally I think there delicious contrary to what my girlfriend seems to think😆 but would these work in a mead if I used majority of Jaffa tea water to fill a demijohn after I've mixed my honey etc My thinking is I don't want to maybe...

I took a reading of my brew and it's sitting at around 1012 still. so i gathered fermentation has finished so i didn't hesitate and cleaned the Barrell around lunchtime today. Found and cleaned my Syphoning Wand and used an Aldi re-usable fruit & veg bag, there nylon but it seemed to work a...

Started just one DJ for now. Got the Lavlin EC-1118 Yeast for that high % with a dryness but i intend to back sweeten eventually once i reach that point. I used 3 Jars of Grandessa Clear Honey from Aldi 1.35Kg at £1.35 a Jar and just mixed it with some boiled water which i left to sit for about...

Fantastic thread, I live literally next door to an Aldi superstore and I've got my eye on a mead recipe. I went and bought 2 jars of the Grandessa Honey https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-grandessa-clear-honey-454g/4088600382166 <-- this one, and I'll probably grab a third one if its any good...

Thanks old fart, it most certainly a great hobby to have. Ive been a drinker since my teens (now 40, bday last week), at times too much as im sure we all have but ive always wanted to get into it more and learn the science behind what's been getting me wrecked for years. I quit drinking a few...

This is what was griping me for a bit, the hops.. when to add, and how much to put in.... But if you guys recon its gonna be fine then that weight is off my shoulders.. ill jsut leave the Fv for a few more days and get some more readings before i even touch the barrell

Thanks guys this place is honestly a god send.. Ive been nattering to my misses for weeks and she literally doesnt listen to me about it haha.. its nice to confide in some people with the same love of this hobby, it isnt my first brew, actually my third but being i hit 40 the other wek and...