Hi all,
Just got back fron B3 and Trader Joe's. I couldn't wait till the week-end and took off early from work, made it to B3 only to find out they were out of the mead kits :-\ What a bummer! Soooo....I went to Trader Joe's and bought the only honey they had available in 3 lb containers, the mesquite :'( I also bought a small jar of TJ's clover honey to bring the total amount of honey to 3.5 lb. I will attempt Joe's recepe using the 3.5 lb honey, 1 orange, 2 cloves, 25 raisins, yeast and enough water to bring the total volume to 1 gallon. I have a 1 gal. dark glass bottle that was used for methanol that I rinsed for about 20 min. in continuous DI water flow and airated for 1 day. All ingredients will go in and I'll pray for the best. I only hope that the mesquite honey will not make my first mead taste like barbique LOL! If interested, I will keep you posted of the progress.
Ted
Just got back fron B3 and Trader Joe's. I couldn't wait till the week-end and took off early from work, made it to B3 only to find out they were out of the mead kits :-\ What a bummer! Soooo....I went to Trader Joe's and bought the only honey they had available in 3 lb containers, the mesquite :'( I also bought a small jar of TJ's clover honey to bring the total amount of honey to 3.5 lb. I will attempt Joe's recepe using the 3.5 lb honey, 1 orange, 2 cloves, 25 raisins, yeast and enough water to bring the total volume to 1 gallon. I have a 1 gal. dark glass bottle that was used for methanol that I rinsed for about 20 min. in continuous DI water flow and airated for 1 day. All ingredients will go in and I'll pray for the best. I only hope that the mesquite honey will not make my first mead taste like barbique LOL! If interested, I will keep you posted of the progress.
Ted