I was really impressed. Following the tips from Basic Brewing and Hightest’s Honey Haven, I was able to get the mead fully fermented in about two weeks. I think staggering the yeast nutrient into the must and doing the one pH adjustment helped the yeast do its job and quickly. I racked (siphoned) off the …
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Making Mead Update, Week 1
Monitoring the fermentation of this batch of mead has been exciting, but time consuming. When I make wine, I usually wait a week or so between samples. But because I have to add additional yeast nutrient (honey is notoriously lacking in certain nutrients the yeast needs to do its job) at specific points in the …
Making Mead, Nectar of the gods, at home
My friends are probably cheering right now. I’ve finally quit talking about making mead and started doing it. I couldn’t find many mead ingredient kits, so I had to research recipes and put the ingredients together myself. My friends know I usually research something to death and this was no exception. For something with so …
Native Sunglasses are Awesome!
I’ve been meaning to sing my praises for Native Eyewear for a while now. I’ve had a pair of Hardtops for about 3 years and they are simply the best sunglasses I have ever owned. I bought mine from REI, but I see they’re also available at Amazon.com. They are designed with interchangeable lenses and …