JAB mead to be done for Spring 2011

[Drtanglebones]

Like our other style brews, we have planned out a mead for spring of 2011. Yes 2011! These things can take time, so I want folks to have a whole year of lead time on it. Any mead, melomel, cyser, pyment, metheglin is fair game. Post here with updates of what you are making, and questions. I may make my gooseberry melomel for this. If you can't make one this year, it is fine to use an older one!

[speedysk1]

I've never made mead before and only had it twice. One I liked the other not so much. But today I was at Midwest and picked up some honey and sweet mead yeast. I'm planning on making half sparkling, half non carbonated.

[Drtanglebones]

Sounds good. Feel free to ask advice! Most of the mead yeasts will ferment 12 pounds (in 5 gallon batch) to bone dry (even if they say they are sweet mead yeast.) If you like some honey sweetness left--use 14-16 pounds in 5 Gallons (or scale down.) I've learned this after many batches!