Hi everyone! I'm very new to this. For my second batch, my wife wants to get involved. She told me if I presented her with three different recipes, she'd choose one and we'd do batch 2 together.
What are some of your favorites? I've thought about "Skyrim Mead", something with blue berries, something with blood oranges maybe, because she likes those fruits.
For my first batch, I used Fleischmann's and tried to follow Sir Digby's method for my must. According to family traditions and records, my 3rd great grandfather, Edward Eckett (the "Cracker King" of Skaneateles), sold his secrets, including his yeast, to the original Fleischmann's Company. All I did in secondary was add a split vanilla bean and topped it off with the metheglin-style must so I could get back some sweetness, fill the secondary fermenter to within 1" of the lid and airlock, and added stabilizers to prevent a restart. No more CO2 farts out of the airlock. Gravity readings were consistent too. I think it ended up being 10.5% ABV. Throughout the whole process, I kept it wrapped in a towel, in a part of my house that never gets above 70°F, or below 65°F, just like my great grandfather did when he brewed as well. Anyway, all that is to say: visually at least, what do you all think?
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