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    John -- excellent. I am now sure we can put something together that will be useful to our interested mead makers. Thank you for all the work. DAW Now the work starts.

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    Originally posted by StockeyDAW View Post
    John -- excellent. I am now sure we can put something together that will be useful to our interested mead makers. Thank you for all the work. DAW Now the work starts.
    Well I don't know whether you have the ability as a MOD or whether it'd have to be Bob, but you're quite welcome to use the photos and text, and if you can edit them so that it appears as a single post or article.

    I didn't include the recipe as it's already sitting in the mead recipes section, but hell if you can stitch the posts together and include the recipe as well, then you'd have a ready made tutorial to put up.

    Entirely your choice. If you need to edit the text, well go ahead.

    regards

    John the Fatbloke a.k.a. JtFB
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    • #3
      Well Daw is new to being a mod, he has the capabilities but hasnt used the software before, so I'll do whatever you need me to, but for now I added the recipe tothe first thread and move it to tutorial section and made it sticky, I will remove the superfluous posts at the end, it isnt locked John, so you can alter it, i will lock it once you are done.

      just give me a shout if you need anything else

      thanks boys
      keep up the good work
      Bob
      Last edited by lockwood1956; 04-01-2008, 07:58 PM.
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      • #4
        Quick question - is there any difference in the type of honey (set or clear)?

        Think I'll buy some honey at the market tomorrow and give this recipe a try :-)

        I prefer to spend the extra and buy from the beekeeper; it may have some wax and pollen crud but it won't have the pesticide residues common in Chinese/Vietnamese/etc honey.

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        • #5
          The type of honey will have a big influence on the finished wine, and I suspect it's like grape concentrate (a bit) the more you pay......the better the quality
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          • #6
            Originally posted by lockwood1956 View Post
            Well Daw is new to being a mod, he has the capabilities but hasnt used the software before, so I'll do whatever you need me to, but for now I added the recipe tothe first thread and move it to tutorial section and made it sticky, I will remove the superfluous posts at the end, it isnt locked John, so you can alter it, i will lock it once you are done.

            just give me a shout if you need anything else

            thanks boys
            keep up the good work
            Bob
            I presume that you can unlock it as well Bob ?

            Only because now it's fermenting it's gonna take a good few weeks, so when it's stopped bubbling I'll check the SG and then I can add some posts about racking etc - I'm undecided whether the basic tutorial needs to go any further than just getting it racked/cleared and then just ready for bulk ageing.

            I'd guess that if you can unlock "it", I could just as easily continue it as a new thread and then PM you to move the new posts to the end of it - whichever you think is best Bob.

            regards

            Johh the fatbloke
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            • #7
              Questions about mead making tutorials

              Any questions abiout the mead tutorials please post them here, so it keeps the tutorial s clean..

              i have locked the tutorial John, let me know when you are ready to add stuff, and ill either unlock it, or as you say, start a new thread and i can move the posts over.

              cheers
              bob
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              • #8
                Originally posted by lockwood1956 View Post
                Any questions abiout the mead tutorials please post them here, so it keeps the tutorial s clean..

                i have locked the tutorial John, let me know when you are ready to add stuff, and ill either unlock it, or as you say, start a new thread and i can move the posts over.

                cheers
                bob
                Thanks Bob, that's excellent.

                regards

                JtFB
                Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Simon_ View Post
                  Quick question - is there any difference in the type of honey (set or clear)?

                  Think I'll buy some honey at the market tomorrow and give this recipe a try :-)

                  I prefer to spend the extra and buy from the beekeeper; it may have some wax and pollen crud but it won't have the pesticide residues common in Chinese/Vietnamese/etc honey.

                  Simon -- For sure the type of honey that you use makes a great difference. Honey purchased at most grocery stores has been processed to improve its shelf life and pasteurized. It has thereby lost much of its original varietals and aromas. If possible I would suggest that you get the honey from a bee farm, meadery or occasionally the bee farmers sell at farmers markets. There may also be some on line resources for honey direct from a honey farm near your location. Cheers DAW

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Simon_ View Post
                    Quick question - is there any difference in the type of honey (set or clear)?

                    Think I'll buy some honey at the market tomorrow and give this recipe a try :-)

                    I prefer to spend the extra and buy from the beekeeper; it may have some wax and pollen crud but it won't have the pesticide residues common in Chinese/Vietnamese/etc honey.
                    Not so much whether it's set or runny Simon, more of a case of where the bees have been collecting from.

                    The supermarket retail stuff will have been filtered, de-watered and pasturised - Oh and invariably it's the cheapest - which is handy for experiments.

                    The darker more strongly flavoured the honey, the darker/strongly flavoured the mead.

                    There does seem to be a bigger variation on which yeast is chosen as well i.e. Champagne yeasts often ferment to dry, but when first off the lees and post first racking, you often find it has a medicinal taste to it - the mead would need to age e.g. brew it, rack it (maybe a couple of times), when clear age it - bulk ageing in a DJ will be less affected by temperature variations etc (and yes I bulk age all of mine).

                    Depends on which part of Sussex you're in, but if you PM me I could arrange for a couple of different yeasts for you to try (got a couple of different Lalvin's and Redstar as well that I ordered from the States). S'up to you.

                    regards

                    John the fatbloke

                    p.s. Oh and yes, ditto about getting honey direct from the bee keeper, but it's not always that easy to track them down i.e. well one where the bees have collected from one specific type of foliage. Sussex tends to have a predominance of Oil Seed Rape!
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                    • #11
                      Daw - many thanks.

                      John, very interesting points on the yeasts - I'll PM you/ And next time I see the local beekeeper, I'll try and find out what he does about OSR

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                      • #12
                        Thank You Simon for the reply. Cheers DAW

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                        • #13
                          Love the labels DAW, fantastic vibrant colours, love the one with the feet and glasses,
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                            Labels? Oh, yes, yes, yes! Please!
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                              Yes,
                              i have been doing ok with labels, as long as i keep it very very simple, but would like help to make better labels.
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