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What "brand" dried currants can, or should be used for this recipe? Will Sunmaid Zante Currants fill the requirements?

It is interesting to me that the nutrition info on the raisins I have show more K than the zante currants...not much more, but more...300mg vs 290mg.

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Thanks for the quick response!

Now I just have to pick out an Orange in place of the valencia Orange...I think I'm running into a seasonal issue, LOL.

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Try a sweet Cutie or Clementine in place of the orange. Might take 2 or 3 to be equivalent to 1 orange.
 
BeeHog, thank you!

I think I'm going to use 3 Clementines.

I think I'll zest(potato peeler method) 2 of them and remove pith, then use everything (pith and all) from the third.

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Thanks for the added advice! Greatly appreciated. :-D

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So I started a 1 gallon JAO all natural BOMM on Tuesday (24 Nov), and I don't think it likes the Zante Currants. I didn't measure the gravity yet today, but, there's been very little airlock activity, and stirring/degassing today doesn't show much activity either. The 1388 seemed fine, smacked about 3 hrs before pitch(pack was expanded, and I could hear it bubbling inside...was only like 1 month since mfg date on pkg), pitched at about 75 degrees. SG was 1.136. Any thoughts? Should I start adding any DAP or FermaidK? Or? TIA

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Thanks for the quick feedback. I'll check in the morning and report back.

Thanks again! Appreciate all the work and experimenting you've done and shared with the community.

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Ok, checked the gravity.
SG on 24 Nov at start = 1.136.
SG today 28 Nov = 1.112.

It's done some work, but seems quite slow.

Ambient temperature = 68 degrees F.

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Thanks again for the feedback and the insight...GREATLY appreciated!

This is only my 10th mead, and only one batch has really gotten to a "drinking it" stage. I started my first batch 6 July(with D47 yeast). The "drinking it" batch is a classic JAOM, started 2 Aug, and it was very well received by family at thanksgiving. :-D

I started this batch in a 2.5 gallon brew bucket, and the airlock was bubbling, but slowly...on the 4th day I was getting about 1 bubble in the airlock every 8 to 11 seconds. When I opened the bucket, attempting to keep it airtight, by not removing the tear strip, I ended up tearing a chunk out of the rim of the bucket - making it NOT airtight.

So, I've since moved the must to a "Little Big Mouth Bubbler". Now I can actually see the activity in the must, even if the airlock is not bubbling very rapidly(but it is bubbling). I guess I'm one of those that needs to see what's going on - at least for now anyway. Lol

I don't check the gravity very often while fermentation is in progress because, for me, it's not an ideal situation...

I can't drop the hydrometer in any of my 1 gallon fermenters because they are not deep enough for the hydrometer. So, I have to remove a sample ...blah ... blah ...sanitize everything (with Star San), you get the picture.

I'm going to take your advice, and not sweat it ;-). I'll check the gravity every few days or so. If it's ready to drink fast, cool...if it takes 2 months, that's cool too.

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I'll be starting a JAO BOMM soon also, and I have one question - how do you get 1/4 of a clove? They're tiny little buggers...
 
Personally, I just broke a chunk of the stem. It was probably most of the stem, maybe 4mm in length. I didn't want to mess with trying to cut it.

It MAY be possible to use ground cloves. I've never tried it, not sure of any others either. I've only seen whole cloves listed on recipes.

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Day 11, SG = 1.076
Day 4 , SG = 1.112
Day 0 , SG = 1.136

Seems to be going consistently slow. I better start checking every couple days.

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